Fort Hill
Fort Hill is a museum in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 230 m. Long Mountain stands 610 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 8.0 miles off.
The story
Fort Hill, also known as the John C. Calhoun House and Library, is a National Historic Landmark on the Clemson University campus in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States, near the City of Clemson. From 1825-1850, the house was the home of noted proponent of slavery and constitutional Nullification, John C. Calhoun, the 7th Vice President of the United States. Clemson University was established on the Fort Hill slave-operated plantation site in 1889, and in accordance with the terms of its inheritance, has maintained the house and its immediate parcel as a museum and library — all that remains of what originally was an approximately 1,000 acre plantation estate.
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Wikidata Q1438557, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 230 m
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
- 11.4 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 20.1 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 26.0 mi off the Whitewater Way
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 26 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 27 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 27 mi
- Rainbow Falls · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Scroll of Honor: 0.2 mi
- Gantt Circle: 0.2 mi
- Class of 1960 North Green: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Carillon Garden: 0.2 mi
- Horsehead Point Falls: 2.6 mi
- Meadow Falls: 3.0 mi
- Waldrop Stone Falls: 4.4 mi
- Todd Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Wildcat Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
- Sixmile Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Bogg Mountain: 12.9 mi
- Woodall Mountain: 14.5 mi
- Longview Mountain: 15.3 mi
- McGullion Mountain: 16.0 mi
- Riggs Hall Plaque: 0.1 mi
- Walter T Cox Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Thomas Green Clemson Statue: 0.2 mi
- Military Heritage Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Carillon Bell: 0.2 mi
- Clemson Area African American Museum: 1.1 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 4.5 mi
- Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum: 6.7 mi
- World of Energy: 8.9 mi
- Oconee History Museum: 14.3 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 0.1 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 0.1 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 0.1 mi
- Six Degrees of Freedom: 0.2 mi
- P211.t45.2001: 0.3 mi
- Howard's Rock: 0.2 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 14.2 mi
- M60: 15.4 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 15.9 mi
- Generator: 16.2 mi
- Common Gardening: 10.4 mi
- Common Gardening: 10.5 mi
- English Garden: 16.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 16.2 mi
- Hart County Botanical Garden: 23.9 mi
- East Beach: 0.9 mi
- South Beach: 10.6 mi
- North Beach: 11.8 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 20.6 mi
- Indian Spring: 4.5 mi
- Mineral Spring: 20.8 mi
- Moody Spring: 23.3 mi
- South: 10.6 mi
- Tugaloo State Park: 18.4 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 16.9 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 85 South: 19.3 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 15.1 mi
- Andersonville: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Fort Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Mountain | NW 314° | 610 m | 20.3 mi |
| McKinneys Mountain | NNW 338° | 591 m | 21.4 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NNE 21° | 584 m | 21.7 mi |
| Oconee Mountain | NW 312° | 568 m | 19.4 mi |
| Wadakoe Mountain | N 0° | 565 m | 20.9 mi |
| Rocky Bald Mountain | N 4° | 563 m | 18.2 mi |
| Odle Mountain | N 10° | 555 m | 20.4 mi |
| Horse Gap Mountain | N 2° | 551 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clemson Univ, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/26996670
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