James Ross Wildlife Reservation
James Ross Wildlife Reservation is a nature reserve in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is New Street Park, a park 2.3 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 16 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 15.5 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 23.6 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 29.7 mi off the Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- New Street Park: 2.3 mi
- York Recreation Center: 2.7 mi
- McCelvey Field: 2.7 mi
- Magnolia Street Park: 3.0 mi
- City Park: 3.1 mi
- Baseball Water Tower: 19.3 mi
- Tidal Wave Bay: 21.0 mi
- Storm Surge: 21.0 mi
- Surf Club Harbor: 21.0 mi
- Hurricane Falls: 21.1 mi
- To The Memory Of Colonel Patrick Ferguson: 13.2 mi
- In Honor Of The Three African American Patriots: 13.2 mi
- To Honor Colonel Asbury Coward: 13.2 mi
- Kings Mountain Centennial Monument: 13.2 mi
- Kings Mountain U.S. Monument: 13.3 mi
- Kings Mountain Church: 5.5 mi
- Long Hill: 5.8 mi
- Bulls Hill: 9.4 mi
- Worth Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Henry Knob: 11.2 mi
- Vessel Sculpture: 14.3 mi
- Winthrop Eagle Statue: 14.3 mi
- Freedom Rides: 14.8 mi
- Dancing with Children: 15.0 mi
- Blacksburg: 16.9 mi
- McCelvey Center: 2.8 mi
- Museum of York County: 12.7 mi
- Comporium Telephone Museum: 14.7 mi
- Main Street Children's Museum: 14.7 mi
- Chester County Transportation Museum: 18.3 mi
- Draper Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi
- McDowell Nature Preserve: 17.5 mi
- Thomas M. Winget Nature Preserve: 19.2 mi
- Chester State Park: 20.3 mi
- Anne Springs Close Greenway: 20.8 mi
- Sailing Beach: 16.3 mi
- South Point Beach: 20.0 mi
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: 18.6 mi
- Two Rivers Utilities Educational Garden: 21.2 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 20.6 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 23.2 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 21.5 mi
- Limestone Springs: 21.9 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of James Ross Wildlife Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pinnacle | N 354° | 520 m | 16.6 mi |
| Crowders Mountain | N 1° | 458 m | 18.2 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | NNE 22° | 375 m | 24.6 mi |
| Whitaker Mountain | NW 313° | 356 m | 17.1 mi |
| Henry Knob | N 2° | 344 m | 11.2 mi |
| Jackson Knob | NNE 21° | 328 m | 17.6 mi |
| Browns Mountain | NNW 328° | 315 m | 13.2 mi |
| Joes Mountain | NNW 331° | 312 m | 13.2 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 | 19:24 |
| 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, 6 mi away.
- Yellow Garden Spider8 obs
- Green Anole6 obs
- Fowler's Toad6 obs
- Eastern Tailed-Blue5 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail5 obs
- Red-bellied Woodpecker4 obs
- North American Racer4 obs
- common pawpaw4 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/502740920
Day trips start here
- Charlotte/South End · 29 mi
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 30 mi
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