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Comporium Telephone Museum

Comporium Telephone Museum from directly overhead

Comporium Telephone Museum is a museum in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Henry Knob stands 344 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Main Street Children's Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 24 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Comporium

How to reach it

Coordinates34.92494, -81.02733

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Freedom Rides: 0.2 mi
  • Dancing with Children: 0.8 mi
  • Vessel Sculpture: 1.1 mi
  • Winthrop Eagle Statue: 1.1 mi
  • Millstone: 7.3 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Baseball Water Tower: 9.8 mi
  • Surf Club Harbor: 12.9 mi
  • Storm Surge: 13.0 mi
  • Hurricane Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Tidal Wave Bay: 13.0 mi
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 25
Gardens: 18
Nature reserves: 14
Peaks: 9
Rest areas: 2
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 11.7 mi
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 15.0 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Sailing Beach: 12.6 mi
  • South Point Beach: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Henry KnobNW 316°344 m19.9 mi
Jackson KnobNNW 337°328 m21.1 mi
Nanny MountainNNW 337°299 m11.1 mi
Berry MountainN 352°281 m21.1 mi
Kings Mountain ChurchWNW 302°246 m15.8 mi
Red HillENE 65°228 m23.6 mi
Barnett MountainNNW 340°227 m12.6 mi
Bulls HillWSW 245°220 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0319:36
June solstice06:1220:0420:42
September equinox07:1318:4919:23
December solstice07:2916:3817:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434654627077807973635245
Precip in3.63.13.93.73.54.13.63.73.62.93.33.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winthrop Univ, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/256472766

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