Capers Chapel Sanctuary Garden
Capers Chapel Sanctuary Garden is a garden in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. Little Mountain stands 243 m to the west-southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Alston, a ghost town 2.6 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Capers Chapel United Methodist Church
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Reunion Park: 4.3 mi
- Crooked Creek Park: 4.9 mi
- Melvin Park: 5.5 mi
- Woodmen of the World Park: 7.7 mi
- Woodmen of the World: 7.7 mi
- Old Lebanon Presbyterian Church: 15.4 mi
- Silo 1: 15.5 mi
- Silo 2: 15.5 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 16.3 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 16.3 mi
- Elephant Statue: 21.0 mi
- Right Turn on White: 22.4 mi
- "The Spirit of the American Doughboy ": 22.6 mi
- Milagros for Columbia: 22.6 mi
- Waterlines: 22.7 mi
- The Newberry Museum: 16.2 mi
- NFT Museum: 16.3 mi
- Lexington County Museum: 16.7 mi
- South Carolina Railroad Museum: 17.4 mi
- Gilbert Museum: 20.2 mi
- Wells Japanese Garden: 16.3 mi
- Riverbanks Botanical Garden: 20.6 mi
- NOMA Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- DeBruhl-Marshall Gardens: 22.6 mi
- Seibels Garden: 22.6 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Nursery Hill: 13.7 mi
- Brice Hill: 17.6 mi
- Mount Huckabee: 22.2 mi
- Quinine Hill: 24.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 12.5 mi
- Kayaker's Beach: 20.7 mi
- USC Smokestack: 23.4 mi
- SC State Fairgrounds: 24.6 mi
- Yost Creek Trails & Farm: 12.6 mi
- Jew's Harp Spring: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Capers Chapel Sanctuary Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mountain | WSW 245° | 243 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Huckabee | SSE 165° | 137 m | 22.2 mi |
| Brice Hill | ESE 120° | 119 m | 17.6 mi |
| Quinine Hill | ESE 123° | 108 m | 24.2 mi |
| Nursery Hill | SE 140° | 87 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:04 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:42 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little MTN, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail3 obs
- Green Anole2 obs
- White-tailed Deer2 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee2 obs
- Christmas fern2 obs
- Large Milkweed Bug2 obs
- Yellow Crownbeard2 obs
- House Finch2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1485420464
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