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Dexter Edgar Converse Monument

Dexter Edgar Converse Monument from directly overhead

Dexter Edgar Converse Monument is a historic site in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Squirrel Mountain stands 493 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Marian Anderson sculpture, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway passes 7.9 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
Founder of this College Born in Swanton, Vermont April 21, 1829 Died in Spartanburg, South Carolina October 4, 1899

How to reach it

Coordinates34.95452, -81.91697

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Happy Hollow Park: 0.3 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Walter S. Montgomery Commons: 0.5 mi
  • Barnet Park: 0.6 mi
  • Richardson Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites: 51
Peaks: 23
Museums: 16
  • Spartanburg Science Center: 0.7 mi
  • Spartanburg Art Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg: 1.0 mi
  • Hub City Railroad Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Cowpens Depot Museum and Civic Center: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 13
  • Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Plant Zoo: 4.4 mi
  • International Peace Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Xeric Garden: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Southern Railway caboose x711: 7.7 mi
  • Walnut Grove Plantation: 9.2 mi
  • BMW Performance Center: 15.2 mi
  • Peachoid: 16.3 mi
  • Jeep: 17.0 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Picnic sites: 8
  • 1: 18.3 mi
  • 3: 18.3 mi
  • 2: 18.4 mi
  • 5: 18.4 mi
  • 4: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Saranac Lake Waterfall: 3.8 mi
  • Buffalo Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Frey Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Pacolet Water Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Sillers Falls: 24.7 mi
Springs: 5

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Squirrel MountainWNW 303°493 m23.8 mi
Bird MountainNW 313°452 m23.1 mi
Little MountainNNW 329°424 m22.8 mi
Mockingbird HillNW 315°388 m23.3 mi
Pax MountainWNW 289°388 m24.2 mi
Thicketty MountainNE 37°364 m13.8 mi
Butler HillWSW 255°363 m24.9 mi
Windmill HillNW 306°361 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:40
June solstice06:1520:0820:45
September equinox07:1618:5319:26
December solstice07:3216:4217:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434653616976797873625145
Precip in4.33.84.84.33.94.64.04.63.73.93.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spartanburg 3 SSE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5175067837

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