Aiken County Historical Museum
Aiken County Historical Museum is a museum in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 145 m. Poverty Hill stands 130 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Gateway to Hitchcock Woods, a park 0.1 miles away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
city in South Carolina, United States
Dates from 1835.
Wikidata Q404887, matched on coordinates and name (733 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 23.0 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Gateway to Hitchcock Woods: 0.1 mi
- Library Park: 0.2 mi
- Hopelands Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Rye Patch: 0.6 mi
- Founders Park: 0.6 mi
- Nat Stetson Circle: 2.7 mi
- Eastwind Castle: 11.1 mi
- Home of Governor Telfair: 14.1 mi
- Rutherford Brickyard: 14.3 mi
- The First Academy of Richmond County: 14.4 mi
- Ruthless: 14.4 mi
- What's In The Queue?: 14.4 mi
- Sun Lion: 14.5 mi
- Book Bench- A Novel Idea: 14.6 mi
- Rise: 14.6 mi
- Savannah River Site Museum: 0.3 mi
- Aiken Train Depot Museum: 0.6 mi
- Center for African American History, Art & Culture: 0.6 mi
- Augusta Museum of History: 14.6 mi
- Morris Museum of Art: 14.9 mi
- Augusta Cotton Exchange Building: 14.8 mi
- Gertrude Herbert Memorial Institute of Art: 14.8 mi
- Old Academy of Richmond County Park: 14.9 mi
- Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds: 15.0 mi
- Amen Corner: 17.7 mi
- Sand Bar Ferry Bluff: 13.4 mi
- New Savannah Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Silver Bluff: 18.4 mi
- Lower Silver Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Barney Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Village Fruit and Vegetable Garden: 14.8 mi
- Japanese pocket garden: 14.9 mi
- Boardman Family Garden: 16.2 mi
- The Terrace: 17.3 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 20.6 mi
- Poverty Hill: 16.6 mi
- Whites Mound: 19.9 mi
- Rhodes Mound: 21.8 mi
- Carey Hill: 23.5 mi
- Coker Springs: 0.3 mi
- Bebbington Springs: 0.9 mi
- Willie Barton's Spring: 1.3 mi
- Hamburg: 13.9 mi
- New Savannah: 17.9 mi
- Ellenton: 24.6 mi
- Ditch Pond Heritage Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Phinizy Swamp Nature Park: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Aiken County Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poverty Hill | W 272° | 130 m | 16.6 mi |
| Carey Hill | WNW 290° | 120 m | 23.5 mi |
| Rhodes Mound | SSW 202° | 34 m | 21.8 mi |
| Whites Mound | SSW 211° | 33 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:04 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:45 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 52 | 60 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 63 | 52 | 45 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Graniteville 3.9 ENE, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/9907902380
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