The Mayham Tower
The Mayham Tower is a historic site in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Burks Mountain stands 142 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Augusta Cotton Exchange Building, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Georgia Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 12.1 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Augusta Common Park: 0.1 mi
- James Brown Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Lafayette Center: 0.3 mi
- Augusta Technical College Foundation: 0.3 mi
- Springfield Village Park: 0.5 mi
- General James Oglethorpe: 0.1 mi
- James Brown Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Colonial Fort Augusta Stone: 0.2 mi
- LaFayette Visits Augusta: 0.2 mi
- The Celebrated Revolutionary War Hero, Marquis de Lafayette Visited Augusta in March 1825.: 0.3 mi
- Mastro And Forever Young: 0.1 mi
- James Brown Statue: 0.1 mi
- Oraiste Agus Liath: 0.1 mi
- The Spirit of Funk: 0.2 mi
- Hurrying Home: 0.2 mi
- Augusta Museum of History: 0.2 mi
- Morris Museum of Art: 0.3 mi
- Woodrow Wilson's Boyhood Home: 0.3 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney Museum: 1.2 mi
- Aiken County Historical Museum: 14.8 mi
- Japanese pocket garden: 0.2 mi
- Boardman Family Garden: 1.4 mi
- Village Fruit and Vegetable Garden: 1.5 mi
- The Terrace: 3.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.0 mi
- Augusta Cotton Exchange Building: 0.0 mi
- Old Academy of Richmond County Park: 0.5 mi
- Gertrude Herbert Memorial Institute of Art: 0.5 mi
- Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds: 1.1 mi
- Amen Corner: 3.6 mi
- Sand Bar Ferry Bluff: 4.0 mi
- New Savannah Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Barney Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Silver Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Lower Silver Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Poverty Hill: 6.6 mi
- Whites Mound: 12.3 mi
- Carey Hill: 15.8 mi
- Rhodes Mound: 15.9 mi
- Burks Mountain: 17.6 mi
- Hamburg: 1.0 mi
- New Savannah: 7.3 mi
- Ellenton: 22.7 mi
- Willie Barton's Spring: 13.5 mi
- Bebbington Springs: 14.0 mi
- Coker Springs: 14.7 mi
- Phinizy Swamp Nature Park: 6.1 mi
- Christopher D. Spiller Longleaf Pine and Pollinator Trail: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Mayham Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burks Mountain | NW 304° | 142 m | 17.6 mi |
| Poverty Hill | NNW 335° | 130 m | 6.6 mi |
| Carey Hill | NNW 328° | 120 m | 15.8 mi |
| Rhodes Mound | SSE 159° | 34 m | 15.9 mi |
| Whites Mound | SSE 163° | 33 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augusta Daniel FLD AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13010530116
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