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Apalache Wayside Park

Apalache Wayside Park from directly overhead

Apalache Wayside Park is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 244 m. Hogback Mountain stands 978 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Chicken Statue, a artwork 1.3 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 11 miles off.

Public park opened 9-9 daily

The record

What the record says

Elevation
244 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.96188, -82.20676

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Camp Highland ruins: 1.5 mi
  • Hampton Massacre: 1.6 mi
  • Indian Boundary Line: 1.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • WWI: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Frey Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Rock Quarry Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Reedy River Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Lower Reedy River Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Arboretum Falls: 13.8 mi
Gardens: 27
Museums: 26
Attractions: 15
Nature reserves: 14
Picnic sites: 11
  • 3: 2.9 mi
  • 2: 2.9 mi
  • 1: 2.9 mi
  • 4: 2.9 mi
  • 5: 3.0 mi
Springs: 4
Cliffs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Apalache Wayside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hogback MountainNNW 342°978 m15.3 mi
Corbin MountainNW 318°924 m19.2 mi
Rich MountainNNW 331°922 m15.3 mi
Bryant MountainNNW 328°921 m14.9 mi
Hoghead MountainNNW 336°893 m15.2 mi
Panther MountainNW 315°879 m19.9 mi
Evans MountainNNW 328°853 m18.9 mi
Glassy MountainNNW 329°848 m14.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:41
June solstice06:1620:0920:47
September equinox07:1818:5419:27
December solstice07:3416:4317:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434653616976807873625245
Precip in4.13.84.54.04.13.94.84.73.73.63.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greer, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Finch10 obs
  • Mallard7 obs
  • Brown-headed Cowbird7 obs
  • Chipping Sparrow6 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake6 obs
  • Yellow Garden Spider6 obs
  • Joro Spider6 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/552175381

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