Colonial Fort Augusta Stone
Colonial Fort Augusta Stone is a historic site in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Burks Mountain stands 142 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Book Bench- A Novel Idea, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Former military fortification in Augusta, Georgia.
Dates from 1735.
Wikidata Q107689386, matched on coordinates and name (49 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- This stone marks the site of the colonial Fort Augusta, built by order of General Oglethorpe and the Trustees in 1735, and known during the Revolution as Fort Cornwallis. St. Paul's Church was built in 1750, under a curtain of this fort.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 12.3 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Augusta Technical College Foundation: 0.3 mi
- Augusta Common Park: 0.3 mi
- James Brown Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Lafayette Center: 0.5 mi
- Courthouse Square and Old Government House: 0.5 mi
- The Mayham Tower: 0.2 mi
- Rutherford Brickyard: 0.3 mi
- General James Oglethorpe: 0.3 mi
- James Brown Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Signers' Monument: 0.3 mi
- Book Bench- A Novel Idea: 0.0 mi
- Hurrying Home: 0.0 mi
- Rise: 0.0 mi
- Sun Lion: 0.1 mi
- Oraiste Agus Liath: 0.1 mi
- Augusta Museum of History: 0.1 mi
- Woodrow Wilson's Boyhood Home: 0.4 mi
- Morris Museum of Art: 0.5 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney Museum: 1.3 mi
- Aiken County Historical Museum: 14.6 mi
- Japanese pocket garden: 0.4 mi
- Village Fruit and Vegetable Garden: 1.6 mi
- Boardman Family Garden: 1.6 mi
- The Terrace: 3.8 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.2 mi
- Augusta Cotton Exchange Building: 0.2 mi
- Old Academy of Richmond County Park: 0.5 mi
- Gertrude Herbert Memorial Institute of Art: 0.5 mi
- Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds: 1.0 mi
- Amen Corner: 3.8 mi
- Sand Bar Ferry Bluff: 3.8 mi
- New Savannah Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Barney Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Silver Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Lower Silver Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Poverty Hill: 6.8 mi
- Whites Mound: 12.2 mi
- Rhodes Mound: 15.8 mi
- Carey Hill: 15.9 mi
- Burks Mountain: 17.8 mi
- Hamburg: 0.8 mi
- New Savannah: 7.2 mi
- Ellenton: 22.5 mi
- Willie Barton's Spring: 13.3 mi
- Bebbington Springs: 13.8 mi
- Coker Springs: 14.5 mi
- Phinizy Swamp Nature Park: 6.1 mi
- Christopher D. Spiller Longleaf Pine and Pollinator Trail: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Colonial Fort Augusta Stone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burks Mountain | WNW 304° | 142 m | 17.8 mi |
| Poverty Hill | NNW 333° | 130 m | 6.8 mi |
| Carey Hill | NNW 328° | 120 m | 15.9 mi |
| Rhodes Mound | SSE 160° | 34 m | 15.8 mi |
| Whites Mound | SSE 164° | 33 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augusta Daniel FLD AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13517776554
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