South Carolina Monument
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South Carolina Monument is a historic site in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 255 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the southwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is 2nd Minnesota Infantry Regiment, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
Stone monument at Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA.
Wikidata Q49563214, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 255 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 18.7 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
- 21.4 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Frank Gleason Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
- Honor Park: 1.6 mi
- Gilbert-Stephenson Park: 1.9 mi
- Rossville Park: 3.4 mi
- Rossville Recreational Area: 3.5 mi
- Snodgrass Hill: 0.2 mi
- Boynton Ridge: 4.0 mi
- Dailey Hill: 4.5 mi
- Happy Top: 5.1 mi
- Beaumont Mountain: 7.2 mi
- 2nd Minnesota Infantry Regiment: 0.2 mi
- Georgia Monument: 0.5 mi
- King Monument: 0.6 mi
- Alabama Monument: 0.6 mi
- Texas Monument: 0.7 mi
- Snodgrass House: 0.3 mi
- Brotherton House: 0.6 mi
- Cannon Ball: 3.6 mi
- Genie: 3.6 mi
- Orbiter: 3.6 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 7.0 mi
- High Point: 7.6 mi
- Street Point: 11.5 mi
- Tennessee Wall: 12.7 mi
- High Falls: 5.6 mi
- Lula Falls 100: 6.0 mi
- Lula Lake Falls 30: 6.0 mi
- Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 6.0 mi
- Glen Falls 15: 6.1 mi
- Sixth Cavalry Museum: 1.3 mi
- Walker County Regional Heritage Museum: 3.9 mi
- International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum: 7.1 mi
- Battles of Chattanooga Museum: 7.2 mi
- Ochs Memorial Museum: 7.4 mi
- Moonrise: 7.3 mi
- Summertime (Art in Neighborhoods bus stop wrap): 9.0 mi
- Summertime: 9.1 mi
- Nutrition Sculpture: 9.1 mi
- Resurgence II: 9.2 mi
- Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.0 mi
- Audubon Acres: 7.1 mi
- Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge: 9.3 mi
- Cloudland Canyon State Park: 12.1 mi
- TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area: 13.2 mi
- Crawfish Spring: 4.0 mi
- Straight Spring: 5.5 mi
- Obar Spring: 10.4 mi
- Wright Mineral Spring: 11.8 mi
- Taylor Spring: 11.9 mi
- Windwood Bulk Center: 5.1 mi
- Rock City Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 6.7 mi
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 8.0 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 9.2 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 12.1 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 14.0 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 18.5 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 18.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.4 mi
- Picnic and Grill sites: 13.5 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 5.4 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 13.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of South Carolina Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | SW 232° | 647 m | 9.9 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | NNW 332° | 625 m | 20.1 mi |
| Round Knob | NNW 340° | 601 m | 16.8 mi |
| Buck Knob | N 350° | 595 m | 20.1 mi |
| Fox Mountain | SW 233° | 584 m | 20.7 mi |
| Elder Mountain | NNW 330° | 569 m | 14.4 mi |
| Pigeon Mountain | SSW 200° | 566 m | 20.4 mi |
| Raccoon Mountain | NW 320° | 563 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:20 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:55 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chickamauga PK Larc, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358767300
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- Chattanooga · 9 mi
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