McCelvey Center
McCelvey Center is a museum in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 229 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is McCelvey Field, a park 0.1 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 14 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 229 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 14.3 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 25.3 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- McCelvey Field: 0.1 mi
- City Park: 0.5 mi
- York Recreation Center: 0.5 mi
- New Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Moore Park: 0.6 mi
- Baseball Water Tower: 16.6 mi
- Tidal Wave Bay: 18.3 mi
- Storm Surge: 18.3 mi
- Surf Club Harbor: 18.3 mi
- Hurricane Falls: 18.3 mi
- Vessel Sculpture: 12.3 mi
- Winthrop Eagle Statue: 12.4 mi
- Freedom Rides: 13.0 mi
- Dancing with Children: 13.1 mi
- Millstone: 16.7 mi
- Rock Hill Civil Rights Memorial: 12.7 mi
- To The Memory Of Colonel Patrick Ferguson: 13.1 mi
- To Honor Colonel Asbury Coward: 13.2 mi
- In Honor Of The Three African American Patriots: 13.2 mi
- In Honor Of Lieutenant Colonel James Hawthorn: 13.2 mi
- Kings Mountain Church: 4.1 mi
- Long Hill: 6.8 mi
- Nanny Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Henry Knob: 9.9 mi
- Barnett Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Museum of York County: 10.1 mi
- Comporium Telephone Museum: 12.9 mi
- Main Street Children's Museum: 12.9 mi
- Fort Mill History Museum: 16.8 mi
- Kings Mountain Historical Museum: 18.1 mi
- James Ross Wildlife Reservation: 2.8 mi
- Draper Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
- McDowell Nature Preserve: 14.8 mi
- Thomas M. Winget Nature Preserve: 16.4 mi
- Anne Springs Close Greenway: 18.3 mi
- Sailing Beach: 13.5 mi
- South Point Beach: 17.3 mi
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: 16.0 mi
- Two Rivers Utilities Educational Garden: 19.3 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 20.4 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 21.9 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 18.8 mi
- Limestone Springs: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McCelvey Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pinnacle | NNW 345° | 520 m | 15.6 mi |
| Crowders Mountain | N 353° | 458 m | 16.9 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | NNE 18° | 375 m | 22.4 mi |
| Whitaker Mountain | NW 304° | 356 m | 18.0 mi |
| Henry Knob | N 349° | 344 m | 9.9 mi |
| Jackson Knob | NNE 15° | 328 m | 15.4 mi |
| Browns Mountain | NW 316° | 315 m | 13.5 mi |
| Joes Mountain | NW 319° | 312 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:05 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:39 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — York 5 SSE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/551180154
Day trips start here
- Charlotte/South End · 26 mi
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 27 mi
- Charlotte/Myers Park · 27 mi
- Charlotte · 28 mi
- Charlotte/Cotswold · 28 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 28 mi
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