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Hoover Monument

Hoover Monument from directly overhead

Hoover Monument is a historic site in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the northeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is In Honor Of The Three African American Patriots, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 5.5 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
On This Site President Hoover Addressed An Audience Of 75,000 At The Celebration Of The Sesqui Centennial Of The Battle Of Kings Mountain

How to reach it

Coordinates35.14131, -81.38561

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Linzer Park: 6.1 mi
  • Patriots Park and Pavilion in Kings Mountain: 7.0 mi
  • Gibbs Memorial Park: 7.6 mi
  • Deal Park: 7.7 mi
  • Roosevelt Park: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 24
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 18
Attractions: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Blacksburg: 7.5 mi
  • The Other Side Of The River: 7.5 mi
  • Russel McConnel Memorial: 15.0 mi
  • Vessel Sculpture: 24.4 mi
  • Thánh Giuse: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Long Creek Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 16.3 mi
  • High Shoals: 20.4 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Sailing Beach: 19.3 mi
  • South Point Beach: 21.2 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleNE 42°520 m6.2 mi
Crowders MountainNE 44°458 m8.8 mi
Spencer MountainNE 55°375 m18.7 mi
Thicketty MountainW 265°364 m21.7 mi
Whitaker MountainW 268°356 m6.6 mi
Henry KnobE 96°344 m6.3 mi
Jackson KnobENE 70°328 m12.9 mi
Browns MountainWSW 238°315 m1.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0419:38
June solstice06:1220:0620:44
September equinox07:1418:5119:24
December solstice07:3116:3917:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394249576573777670594841
Precip in3.73.34.43.63.64.13.74.73.63.13.44.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ninety Nine IS, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10895075337

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