Bates Park
Bates Park is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 64 m. Mount Huckabee stands 137 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Lester Bates Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 64 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lester Bates Park: 0.0 mi
- Rosewood Park: 0.2 mi
- Rosewood Park: 0.2 mi
- Owens Field Park: 0.3 mi
- Valencia Park: 0.4 mi
- Curtiss-Wright Hangar: 0.5 mi
- Tree of Life Synagogue: 0.9 mi
- Redfern Field: 1.2 mi
- Early Columbia Racetrack: 1.2 mi
- Paul R. Redfern: 1.2 mi
- Crawfish on Guitar: 0.7 mi
- George Rogers Statue: 1.6 mi
- Gamecocks Statue: 1.6 mi
- Rubble Without a Cause: 1.7 mi
- Hootie and the Blowfish: 1.7 mi
- Olympia Mill Village Museum: 1.9 mi
- Anne Frank Center: 2.0 mi
- McKissick Museum: 2.2 mi
- World War Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Family Home & Gardens: 2.6 mi
- Carolina Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- The Finlay Gardens: 2.0 mi
- President's House Garden: 2.2 mi
- Preston Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- 1963 USC Desegregation Commemorative Garden: 2.2 mi
- Quinine Hill: 3.0 mi
- Green Hill Mound: 8.2 mi
- Brice Hill: 8.6 mi
- Sand Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Nursery Hill: 12.5 mi
- Picnic Pad #1: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Pad #4: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Pad #2: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Pad #3: 8.9 mi
- Yost Creek Trails & Farm: 13.8 mi
- Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Congaree National Park Wilderness: 17.6 mi
- SC State Fairgrounds: 1.5 mi
- USC Smokestack: 2.2 mi
- Kayaker's Beach: 5.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.8 mi
- Interstate 26 West Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- Interstate 26 East Rest Area: 10.0 mi
- Bookman: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bates Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Huckabee | WSW 249° | 137 m | 15.1 mi |
| Sand Mountain | SSW 201° | 125 m | 9.1 mi |
| Brice Hill | NNW 327° | 119 m | 8.6 mi |
| Quinine Hill | N 7° | 108 m | 3.0 mi |
| Cooks Mount | E 89° | 107 m | 19.9 mi |
| Haigs Hill | SSE 164° | 97 m | 12.6 mi |
| Nursery Hill | WNW 296° | 87 m | 12.5 mi |
| Dunns Mount | ENE 67° | 87 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:02 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:41 | 17:19 |
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 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbia Owens Dwtn AP, under a mile away.
- Green Anole70 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle60 obs
- Gulf Fritillary60 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee59 obs
- Blueberry Digger Bee50 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee46 obs
- Mediterranean House Gecko44 obs
- Common Pill Woodlouse39 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 node/357118651
Day trips start here
- Columbia · 3 mi
- Congaree National Park · 18 mi
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