Chamberlain Ferry Picnic Area
Chamberlain Ferry Picnic Area is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 115 m. Graves Mountain stands 251 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Dooly Spring, a spring 2.9 miles away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 115 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
89 named places within 25 miles
- Elijah Clark State Park: 3.1 mi
- Elijah Clarke State Park: 3.5 mi
- Buffalo Creek Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Hickory Knob State Park: 4.9 mi
- Dorn Field McCormick County Recreation: 6.0 mi
- Dooly Spring: 2.9 mi
- Elijah Clark Monument: 3.0 mi
- New Bordeaux Monument: 6.0 mi
- Fort James: 15.3 mi
- Old Rock House: 18.9 mi
- Graves Mountain: 12.4 mi
- Laurel Hill: 12.4 mi
- Parsons Mountain: 16.4 mi
- Mount Carmel: 17.0 mi
- Burks Mountain: 17.5 mi
- Abbeville County Museum: 22.9 mi
- Washington-Wilkes Historical Museum: 23.2 mi
- Burt-Stark Mansion: 23.2 mi
- Robert Toombs House Historic Site: 23.3 mi
- Edgefield historical museum and play theatre: 24.6 mi
- Dooly Spring: 2.9 mi
- Powder Spring: 13.7 mi
- Take Flight: 14.3 mi
- Christopher D. Spiller Longleaf Pine and Pollinator Trail: 15.4 mi
- Bethel: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chamberlain Ferry Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graves Mountain | SW 234° | 251 m | 12.4 mi |
| Parsons Mountain | N 358° | 249 m | 16.4 mi |
| Faulkner Mountain | ENE 68° | 195 m | 22.3 mi |
| Boles Mountain | ENE 69° | 194 m | 19.1 mi |
| Trisha Mountain | ENE 65° | 194 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Carmel | SSW 192° | 156 m | 17.0 mi |
| Burks Mountain | SSE 154° | 142 m | 17.5 mi |
| Laurel Hill | N 5° | 134 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:07 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
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 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccormick, 6 mi away.
- butterfly pea3 obs
- Squirrel Tree Frog3 obs
- River Cooter2 obs
- American hophornbeam2 obs
- Tawny Emperor2 obs
- Fowler's Toad2 obs
- yellow jessamine2 obs
- wild potato vine2 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/357093335
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