Kitchen Garden
Kitchen Garden is a garden in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 150 m. Little Knob stands 273 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Shelter, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway passes 30 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 29.7 mi off the Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Calhoun Experimental Forest: 1.6 mi
- Calhoun Experimental Forest: 1.7 mi
- South Hills Complex: 6.1 mi
- City Park: 7.6 mi
- Cross Keys School: 6.8 mi
- Footprint of Beltline Speedway: 7.1 mi
- Footprint of Buffalo Speedway: 7.9 mi
- Union Mills Monument: 7.9 mi
- Union County Veterans Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Birds Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Beddington Mountain: 11.5 mi
- Wofford Mountain: 15.3 mi
- Camp Hill: 15.5 mi
- Crab Apple Hill: 18.0 mi
- Union County History Museum: 7.8 mi
- Clinton Museum: 15.3 mi
- Cherokee Museum: 21.1 mi
- Laurens County Museum: 21.3 mi
- Revolutionary War Museum & Library: 21.4 mi
- Tyger River Confluence: 18.1 mi
- Tyger River Confluence: 18.9 mi
- Joe R. Adair Outdoor Education Center: 23.0 mi
- Cragmoor Farms: 23.2 mi
- Pacolet River Heritage Preserve: 23.6 mi
- Stomp Springs: 10.3 mi
- Jew's Harp Spring: 12.0 mi
- West Springs: 13.6 mi
- Glenn Springs: 17.5 mi
- Whitestone Springs: 20.4 mi
- Piedmont Physic Garden: 7.8 mi
- Rippy Courtyard: 8.0 mi
- Wells Japanese Garden: 22.8 mi
- Union Cotton Mills mural: 7.9 mi
- The Great Blue Heron: 15.5 mi
- Pacolet Mills mural: 22.2 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 10.9 mi
- Buffalo Creek Falls: 22.3 mi
- Pacolet Water Falls: 22.3 mi
- Belfast Plantation: 22.1 mi
- Walnut Grove Plantation: 22.7 mi
- Picnic Shelter: 0.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kitchen Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Knob | W 265° | 273 m | 23.5 mi |
| Beddington Mountain | NW 315° | 242 m | 11.5 mi |
| Lucas Hill | NW 312° | 234 m | 19.8 mi |
| Crab Apple Hill | NW 308° | 225 m | 18.0 mi |
| Hayes Hill | NNW 343° | 225 m | 19.6 mi |
| Birds Mountain | WSW 255° | 211 m | 11.2 mi |
| Wofford Mountain | NNW 328° | 209 m | 15.3 mi |
| Camp Hill | NW 320° | 199 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:06 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:42 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 45 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 44 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union 8 S, under a mile away.
- Chipping Sparrow14 obs
- White-throated Sparrow8 obs
- Northern Cardinal7 obs
- Christmas fern7 obs
- Carolina Wren6 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail6 obs
- striped wintergreen6 obs
- Tufted Titmouse5 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/265154759
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