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Cheraw Historic District

Cheraw Historic District from directly overhead

Cheraw Historic District is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 51 m. Gordon Mountain stands 202 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cheraw Lyceum Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Grassy Island Crossing passes 24 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
51 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.69728, -79.88339

64 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 32
  • Riverside Park: 0.5 mi
  • Caston Park: 0.5 mi
  • Southside Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dizzy Gillespie Park: 0.6 mi
  • Smith Park: 12.2 mi
Peaks: 10
Museums: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Jean Harris Circle Plaque: 12.9 mi
  • Imperial Memoerial: 16.4 mi
  • Duty Honor Country: 17.1 mi
  • Riverdale and Ingram Plantation: 19.9 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Pepsi-Cola: 0.1 mi
  • The Highlander: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Lake Bee Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
  • Burry Park: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gordon MountainNW 309°202 m23.4 mi
Ingram MountainN 351°166 m22.6 mi
Becky HillWNW 302°163 m23.9 mi
Hebron HillW 264°150 m23.5 mi
Clark MountainN 353°145 m20.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWSW 241°139 m15.4 mi
Horseshoe MountainWSW 240°118 m15.3 mi
Coggins HillN 10°116 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5819:31
June solstice06:0819:5920:37
September equinox07:0818:4519:18
December solstice07:2416:3417:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434653627077817973635246
Precip in3.53.13.83.33.74.85.25.15.33.93.33.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheraw, under a mile away.

  • yellow pitcher plant5 obs
  • sassafras3 obs
  • sand myrtle3 obs
  • Marbled Salamander2 obs
  • Green Anole2 obs
  • Persian silk tree2 obs
  • Polyphemus Moth2 obs
  • American beautyberry2 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/357102321

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