Broad River Scenic Area
Broad River Scenic Area is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 105 m. Little Mountain stands 243 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Shivar Springs Bottling Company Cisterns, a historic site 1.0 miles away. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 105 m
How to reach it
88 named places within 25 miles
- Featerville Academy Historic District: 4.4 mi
- Stevenson Park: 8.4 mi
- Molly's Rock Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Heritage Park: 10.7 mi
- Woods Ferry Recreation Area: 15.5 mi
- Shivar Springs Bottling Company Cisterns: 1.0 mi
- Fish Dam Battleground Monument: 8.2 mi
- Old Lebanon Presbyterian Church: 15.5 mi
- Footprint of Beltline Speedway: 16.7 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 17.7 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 16.0 mi
- Wells Japanese Garden: 17.4 mi
- Capers Chapel Sanctuary Garden: 18.8 mi
- Piedmont Physic Garden: 19.7 mi
- Rippy Courtyard: 19.8 mi
- The Newberry Museum: 17.6 mi
- NFT Museum: 17.6 mi
- Union County History Museum: 19.8 mi
- Chester County Transportation Museum: 20.2 mi
- South Carolina Railroad Museum: 22.1 mi
- Jew's Harp Spring: 5.1 mi
- Stomp Springs: 17.3 mi
- Little Mountain: 20.0 mi
- Birds Mountain: 24.8 mi
- Picnic Shelter: 15.9 mi
- Alston: 17.4 mi
- Chester State Park: 17.6 mi
- Union Cotton Mills mural: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Broad River Scenic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mountain | S 177° | 243 m | 20.0 mi |
| Birds Mountain | WNW 284° | 211 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santuck, 12 mi away.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail2 obs
- Bald Eagle1 obs
- Rough Earthsnake1 obs
- Common Box Turtle1 obs
- hemp dogbane1 obs
- Silvery Checkerspot1 obs
- Great Blue Skimmer1 obs
- creeping cucumber1 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/357121707
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