Hampton-Preston House Museum
Hampton-Preston House Museum is a museum in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 92 m. Mount Huckabee stands 137 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hampton - Preston House, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
historic house in South Carolina, United States
Wikidata Q5646146, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 92 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hampton - Preston House: 0.0 mi
- Former Site of Columbia Theological Seminary: 0.0 mi
- Columbia Bible College, 1937-1960 / Westervelt Home, 1930 - 1937: 0.0 mi
- Original Site of Winthrop College: 0.1 mi
- Site of Columbia Male Academy: 0.1 mi
- Benedict College Historic District: 0.5 mi
- Benedict College Community Park: 0.7 mi
- Finlay Park: 0.7 mi
- Waverly Historic District: 0.7 mi
- Page Ellington Park: 0.7 mi
- Other Side of the Tunnel: 0.3 mi
- Tunnelvision: 0.3 mi
- Dum Spiro Spero: 0.4 mi
- Waterlines: 0.4 mi
- Never Bust: 0.5 mi
- Columbia Fire Department Museum: 0.2 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Family Home & Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Mann-Simons Site: 0.3 mi
- Columbia Museum of Art: 0.5 mi
- World War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Hampton-Preston Mansion and Gardens: 0.0 mi
- Robert Mills House and Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Seibels Garden: 0.2 mi
- DeBruhl-Marshall Gardens: 0.2 mi
- McMaster Sculpture Garden: 0.6 mi
- Quinine Hill: 2.5 mi
- Brice Hill: 5.8 mi
- Nursery Hill: 9.9 mi
- Sand Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Green Hill Mound: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Pad #1: 8.7 mi
- Picnic Pad #4: 8.7 mi
- Picnic Pad #2: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Pad #3: 8.8 mi
- Yost Creek Trails & Farm: 11.2 mi
- Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Congaree National Park Wilderness: 20.4 mi
- USC Smokestack: 0.9 mi
- SC State Fairgrounds: 2.3 mi
- Kayaker's Beach: 2.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.6 mi
- Interstate 26 West Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Interstate 26 East Rest Area: 11.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hampton-Preston House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Huckabee | WSW 239° | 137 m | 14.2 mi |
| Sand Mountain | S 187° | 125 m | 10.6 mi |
| Brice Hill | NNW 332° | 119 m | 5.8 mi |
| Quinine Hill | ENE 67° | 108 m | 2.5 mi |
| Cooks Mount | E 94° | 107 m | 21.9 mi |
| Haigs Hill | SSE 159° | 97 m | 15.2 mi |
| Nursery Hill | WNW 291° | 87 m | 9.9 mi |
| Dunns Mount | ENE 74° | 87 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:02 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
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 | 48 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbia Univ OF SC, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367807864
Day trips start here
- Columbia · 1 mi
- Congaree National Park · 21 mi
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