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Carlisle Park

Carlisle Park from directly overhead

Carlisle Park is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 229 m. Squirrel Mountain stands 493 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Montgomery Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway passes 10 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
229 m
Getting there

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Coordinates34.93225, -81.95293
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Montgomery Park: 0.2 mi
  • Stewart Park: 0.7 mi
  • Airport Park: 0.8 mi
  • Irwin Park: 1.0 mi
  • Summerhill Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
  • Journeys of the Imagination: 1.0 mi
  • We Love Spartanburg mural: 1.0 mi
  • Southside Mural: 1.2 mi
  • I Pledge Allegiance: 1.3 mi
  • Harmony: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 58
Peaks: 23
Museums: 18
  • Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg: 1.6 mi
  • Hub City Railroad Museum: 1.7 mi
  • Spartanburg Art Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Spartanburg Science Center: 2.0 mi
  • Cowpens Depot Museum and Civic Center: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Walnut Grove Plantation: 7.4 mi
  • Southern Railway caboose x711: 10.2 mi
  • BMW Performance Center: 13.0 mi
  • M106A1: 15.2 mi
  • AH-1: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 13
  • Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Plant Zoo: 3.6 mi
  • International Peace Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Xeric Garden: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Waterfalls: 12
  • Frey Creek Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Buffalo Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Saranac Lake Waterfall: 6.3 mi
  • Pacolet Water Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • 1: 16.2 mi
  • 3: 16.2 mi
  • 2: 16.2 mi
  • 5: 16.2 mi
  • 4: 16.3 mi
Springs: 6
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carlisle Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Squirrel MountainNW 308°493 m23.0 mi
Bird MountainNW 320°452 m22.8 mi
Tillet MountainWNW 301°448 m24.5 mi
Little MountainNNW 335°424 m23.2 mi
Piney MountainW 264°414 m24.9 mi
Pax MountainWNW 294°388 m22.8 mi
Mockingbird HillNW 321°388 m23.1 mi
Thicketty MountainNE 40°364 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:40
June solstice06:1520:0820:46
September equinox07:1718:5319:26
December solstice07:3316:4217:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434653616976797873625145
Precip in4.33.84.84.33.94.64.04.63.73.93.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spartanburg 3 SSE, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Cardinal24 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel21 obs
  • Green Anole13 obs
  • leatherleaf mahonia13 obs
  • Annual Honesty11 obs
  • Pond Slider10 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail10 obs
  • Heavenly bamboo10 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 node/357123768

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