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Ditch Pond Heritage Preserve

Ditch Pond Heritage Preserve from directly overhead

Ditch Pond Heritage Preserve is a nature reserve in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Barnwell Hill stands 70 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Williston Town Park, a park 3.4 miles away. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates33.41624, -81.46980

71 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 42
  • Williston Town Park: 3.4 mi
  • Aiken State Park: 9.4 mi
  • Barnwell State Park: 11.3 mi
  • Barnwell State Park: 11.3 mi
  • Goodland Park: 11.4 mi
Museums: 7
  • Blackville Heritage Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Barnwell County Museum: 13.7 mi
  • Aiken Train Depot Museum: 17.2 mi
  • The Wagener Museum: 17.3 mi
  • Center for African American History, Art & Culture: 17.4 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Veteran's Park: 12.0 mi
  • Bell UH-1 Iroquois: 12.0 mi
  • Confederate Monument: 13.3 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 17.4 mi
  • Nat Stetson Circle: 20.2 mi
Springs: 4
Attractions: 4
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Peaks: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ditch Pond Heritage Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barnwell HillSSE 153°70 m13.3 mi
Quartemans HillESE 115°69 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:38
June solstice06:1720:0320:39
September equinox07:1518:5119:24
December solstice07:2716:4517:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465056637278817974655549
Precip in3.63.73.93.33.05.34.45.14.82.72.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blackville 3 W, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1159976638

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