Hoover Monument
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
- 5.5 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 16.2 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 18.8 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 24.2 mi off the Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Kings Mountain: 0.1 mi
- Joes Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Browns Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Kings Pinnacle: 6.2 mi
- Henry Knob: 6.3 mi
- In Honor Of The Three African American Patriots: 0.1 mi
- Kings Mountain Centennial Monument: 0.1 mi
- To Honor Colonel Asbury Coward: 0.2 mi
- Kings Mountain U.S. Monument: 0.3 mi
- In Honor Of Lieutenant Colonel James Hawthorn: 0.3 mi
- Kings Mountain Historical Museum: 7.2 mi
- McCelvey Center: 13.3 mi
- Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce: 13.5 mi
- Earl Scruggs Center: 13.5 mi
- American Military Museum: 14.1 mi
- James Ross Wildlife Reservation: 13.3 mi
- Pharr Yarns - Spencer Mountain Wetland: 19.4 mi
- McDowell Nature Preserve: 20.8 mi
- Paul And Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve: 21.2 mi
- Thomas M. Winget Nature Preserve: 21.5 mi
- Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery: 15.5 mi
- Truck: 15.8 mi
- Truck: 15.8 mi
- Jeep: 15.9 mi
- Peachoid: 17.3 mi
- 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
- Long Creek Falls: 14.3 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 16.3 mi
- High Shoals: 20.4 mi
- Two Rivers Utilities Educational Garden: 14.2 mi
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: 18.6 mi
- Sailing Beach: 19.3 mi
- South Point Beach: 21.2 mi
- Limestone Springs: 16.2 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pinnacle | NE 42° | 520 m | 6.2 mi |
| Crowders Mountain | NE 44° | 458 m | 8.8 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | NE 55° | 375 m | 18.7 mi |
| Thicketty Mountain | W 265° | 364 m | 21.7 mi |
| Whitaker Mountain | W 268° | 356 m | 6.6 mi |
| Henry Knob | E 96° | 344 m | 6.3 mi |
| Jackson Knob | ENE 70° | 328 m | 12.9 mi |
| Browns Mountain | WSW 238° | 315 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:06 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:39 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ninety Nine IS, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10895075337
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