Camden Battlefield and Longleaf Pine Preserve
Camden Battlefield and Longleaf Pine Preserve is a park in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Forty Acre Rock stands 183 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cantey Hill, a peak 2.3 miles away. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Palmetto Conservation Foundation
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Knights Hill Park: 5.4 mi
- Kirkwood Park: 5.8 mi
- Kershaw County Fairgrounds: 5.9 mi
- Grooms Park: 7.0 mi
- Rectory Square: 7.1 mi
- Cantey Hill: 2.3 mi
- Fort Hill: 3.9 mi
- Eagles Nest: 5.2 mi
- Knight Hill: 5.2 mi
- Hobkirk Hill: 5.9 mi
- Camden Archives and Museum: 7.5 mi
- Revolutionary War Visitors Center: 8.8 mi
- Lee County Veterans Museum: 22.8 mi
- South Carolina Cotton Museum: 22.9 mi
- Blythewood Historical Society: 23.0 mi
- Atlas Gym and Fitness Center: 7.9 mi
- Hanging Rock: 14.6 mi
- Seaboard Coast Line 20910: 21.5 mi
- Battle of Hanging Rock Historic Site: 14.4 mi
- In Memory of the John H. Rose Family: 22.3 mi
- Historic Rail Road Depot: 22.9 mi
- Lake Wateree State Park: 15.2 mi
- Sandhills State Forest: 19.8 mi
- Carolina Childrens Garden: 21.2 mi
- Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camden Battlefield and Longleaf Pine Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forty Acre Rock | NNE 12° | 183 m | 21.9 mi |
| Thorn Hill | NNW 348° | 156 m | 9.7 mi |
| Spring Hill | SE 145° | 149 m | 18.0 mi |
| Cantey Hill | W 269° | 143 m | 2.3 mi |
| Knight Hill | SW 217° | 118 m | 5.2 mi |
| Buck Hill | W 265° | 118 m | 7.6 mi |
| Hobkirk Hill | S 178° | 89 m | 5.9 mi |
| Dunns Mount | S 190° | 87 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:01 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wateree DAM, 6 mi away.
- spurge nettle9 obs
- longleaf pine5 obs
- Atlantic poison oak3 obs
- sparkleberry3 obs
- goat's rue3 obs
- yellow jessamine3 obs
- littleleaf sensitive-briar3 obs
- shining sumac3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13327290806
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