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Fort Mill Confederate Memorial

Fort Mill Confederate Memorial from directly overhead

Fort Mill Confederate Memorial is a historic site in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Confederate Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 23 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

town in York County, South Carolina, United States of America

Dates from 1873.

Wikidata Q2291273, matched on coordinates and name (297 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1891
Inscription
1860-1865 "Dum Spiro Spero Spes Animis Opibuscue Parati 1891 Defenders of State Sovereignty."

How to reach it

Coordinates35.00770, -80.94462

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Confederate Park: 0.0 mi
  • Veterans Park: 0.0 mi
  • Millstone Park: 0.1 mi
  • Walter Elisha Park: 0.3 mi
  • Harris Street Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • Veterans Monument: 0.0 mi
  • Millstone: 0.1 mi
  • The Bulls: 6.2 mi
  • The Raven: 6.3 mi
  • The Apple and the Clamp: 6.4 mi
Attractions: 56
  • Baseball Water Tower: 3.3 mi
  • Arch: 6.2 mi
  • Arch: 6.2 mi
  • Arch: 6.3 mi
  • Arch: 6.3 mi
Historic sites: 45
Museums: 33
Gardens: 27
Nature reserves: 20
Peaks: 13
Rest areas: 2
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 5.0 mi
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Sailing Beach: 9.0 mi
  • South Point Beach: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 6.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleWNW 304°520 m25.0 mi
Crowders MountainNW 310°458 m24.3 mi
Spencer MountainNNW 334°375 m22.2 mi
Henry KnobWNW 295°344 m20.5 mi
Jackson KnobNW 317°328 m18.8 mi
Nanny MountainWNW 297°299 m10.1 mi
Berry MountainNNW 333°281 m17.1 mi
Kings Mountain ChurchW 279°246 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:36
June solstice06:1120:0420:42
September equinox07:1218:4919:22
December solstice07:2916:3817:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424552616976807872615144
Precip in3.53.23.83.53.24.04.04.03.43.03.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Hill York CO AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5266068994

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