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Dunbarton

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Dunbarton is a ghost town in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 85 m. Barnwell Hill stands 70 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Meyers Mill, a ghost town 4.1 miles away. Millen-Jenkins County Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 47 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

ghost town in Barnwell County, South Carolina

How to reach it

Coordinates33.19610, -81.53890

47 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 25
  • Snelling Park: 5.9 mi
  • Steel Creek Boat Ramp: 8.1 mi
  • Little Hell Boat Landing and Artisan Well: 9.4 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 10.3 mi
  • Fuller Park: 10.4 mi
Peaks: 6
Cliffs: 5
Historic sites: 3
  • Veteran's Park: 10.2 mi
  • Bell UH-1 Iroquois: 10.3 mi
  • Confederate Monument: 10.5 mi
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Tank: 10.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Springs: 1
  • God's Acre Healing Springs: 20.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dunbarton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barnwell HillENE 72°70 m10.7 mi
Gravel HillSSE 150°69 m18.4 mi
High HeadWSW 240°51 m15.1 mi
Potlikker HillSSW 195°50 m11.8 mi
Rhodes MoundWNW 284°34 m19.4 mi
Whites MoundWNW 290°33 m22.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:38
June solstice06:1820:0320:39
September equinox07:1518:5219:24
December solstice07:2616:4617:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465056637278817974655549
Precip in3.63.73.93.33.05.34.45.14.82.72.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blackville 3 W, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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