Visitor Center
Visitor Center is a museum in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Laurel Knoll stands 4 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Immortal Six Hundred, a historic site 0.1 miles away. US-278 Scenic Highway passes 12 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Height
- 6.096 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the US-278 Scenic Highway
- 13.2 mi off the S-13 Scenic Highway
- 13.2 mi off the Andrew Pickens Scenic Parkway
- 14.2 mi off the S-163 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Barrell Landing · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lazaretto Creek Boat Ramp: 0.8 mi
- Historic Tybee Island Light Station: 2.8 mi
- Jaycee Park: 2.9 mi
- McQueen's Island Rails to Trails - Multipurpose Trail 3: 3.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
- Immortal Six Hundred: 0.1 mi
- Fort Pulaski: 0.1 mi
- Membership Roll of the Officers and Provates of the German Volunteers: 0.2 mi
- Battery Hambright: 0.2 mi
- Sign For Federal Batteries on Tybee Island The Closest (Battery Halleck) Was Located on The Other side of Hwy 80: 1.6 mi
- Tybee Island Marine Science Center: 3.6 mi
- Silver Dew Winery - Museum: 5.0 mi
- Bloody Point Lighthouse: 5.0 mi
- Daufuskie Island Historical Foundation: 7.1 mi
- Thunderbolt Museum: 9.4 mi
- Alligator: 9.0 mi
- Charles E. Fraser: 9.0 mi
- Out To Lunch: 9.1 mi
- Attic Trophy: 9.1 mi
- Albert the Alligator: 9.2 mi
- Captian Mike's Dolphin Adventure: 1.1 mi
- Liberty Oak Tree: 9.0 mi
- Old Fort Jackson: 9.2 mi
- Skidaway Meadow: 10.6 mi
- Polk's Market at Sandfly: 11.1 mi
- Victory Heights Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Heritage Farms: 10.0 mi
- Wymberly Garden Club: 10.3 mi
- Savannah Botanical Gardens: 11.7 mi
- Savannah Botancial Gardens: 11.7 mi
- Savannah River Beach: 2.1 mi
- North Beach: 2.8 mi
- Mid Beach: 3.4 mi
- Back River Beach: 3.4 mi
- South Beach: 3.8 mi
- Causton Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Kirk Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Drakies Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Victoria Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Victoria Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Laurel Knoll: 23.3 mi
- Sassafras Hill: 23.5 mi
- Buzzard Knoll: 23.6 mi
- Calabash Knoll: 23.9 mi
- Prevent Knoll: 24.1 mi
- Tybee Island Lighthouse: 2.8 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 2.8 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 2.8 mi
- Oatland Island Wildlife Center Picnic Pavilion: 7.8 mi
- Wymberly Yacht Club: 10.2 mi
- Sgt. Jasper County Park: 22.6 mi
- Tybee National Wildlife Refuge: 1.7 mi
- Savannah National Wildlife Refuge: 15.2 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center: 21.0 mi
- Purrysburg: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Knoll | NNW 343° | 4 m | 23.3 mi |
| Sassafras Hill | NNW 341° | 4 m | 23.5 mi |
| Buzzard Knoll | NNW 343° | 4 m | 23.6 mi |
| Calabash Knoll | NNW 343° | 4 m | 23.9 mi |
| Prevent Knoll | NNW 343° | 4 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mill Hill | NNW 341° | 4 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:03 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 19:58 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:50 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:47 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 69 | 59 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Savannah Intl AP, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/235701384
Day trips start here
- Tybee Island · 3 mi
- Skidaway Island · 11 mi
- Savannah · 12 mi
- Hilton Head Island · 14 mi
- Bluffton · 15 mi
- Port Wentworth · 19 mi
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