Phinizy Swamp Nature Park
Phinizy Swamp Nature Park is a nature reserve in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Burks Mountain stands 142 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 17.1 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam Park: 1.3 mi
- Butler Creek Park: 2.9 mi
- Washington Monument: 3.4 mi
- Fire Station 11: 4.2 mi
- Augusta Affordable Housing: 5.0 mi
- Spirit Creek Baptist Church: 2.4 mi
- Home of Governor Telfair: 5.6 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney: 5.6 mi
- Signers' Monument: 5.8 mi
- The First Academy of Richmond County: 5.9 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney: 5.6 mi
- Sun Lion: 6.0 mi
- James Brown Statue: 6.1 mi
- Book Bench- A Novel Idea: 6.1 mi
- What's In The Queue?: 6.1 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney Museum: 5.6 mi
- Woodrow Wilson's Boyhood Home: 5.8 mi
- Augusta Museum of History: 6.0 mi
- Morris Museum of Art: 6.3 mi
- Aiken County Historical Museum: 17.6 mi
- Boardman Family Garden: 5.8 mi
- Japanese pocket garden: 6.3 mi
- Village Fruit and Vegetable Garden: 7.5 mi
- The Terrace: 8.7 mi
- Community Garden Plots: 9.7 mi
- New Savannah Bluff: 1.3 mi
- Sand Bar Ferry Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Barney Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Silver Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Lower Silver Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Phinizy Swamp Nature Park: 0.7 mi
- Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds: 5.1 mi
- Gertrude Herbert Memorial Institute of Art: 5.6 mi
- Old Academy of Richmond County Park: 5.6 mi
- Augusta Cotton Exchange Building: 6.1 mi
- Whites Mound: 6.5 mi
- Rhodes Mound: 10.2 mi
- Poverty Hill: 12.5 mi
- Carey Hill: 21.4 mi
- Burks Mountain: 21.9 mi
- New Savannah: 1.3 mi
- Hamburg: 6.6 mi
- Ellenton: 17.5 mi
- Willie Barton's Spring: 16.3 mi
- Bebbington Springs: 16.7 mi
- Coker Springs: 17.4 mi
- Christopher D. Spiller Longleaf Pine and Pollinator Trail: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Phinizy Swamp Nature Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burks Mountain | NW 317° | 142 m | 21.9 mi |
| Poverty Hill | NNW 345° | 130 m | 12.5 mi |
| Carey Hill | NNW 336° | 120 m | 21.4 mi |
| High Head | SSE 152° | 51 m | 23.7 mi |
| Rhodes Mound | SSE 149° | 34 m | 10.2 mi |
| Whites Mound | SSE 151° | 33 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augusta Bush FLD AP, 2 mi away.
- American Alligator575 obs
- Common Gallinule170 obs
- Great Blue Skimmer141 obs
- Great Egret135 obs
- White Ibis128 obs
- Anhinga122 obs
- Great Blue Heron107 obs
- Green Anole105 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.
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