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Chick Springs

Chick Springs from directly overhead

Chick Springs is a park in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 259 m. Hogback Mountain stands 978 m to the north, 17 miles off. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 13 miles off.

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Coordinates34.92921, -82.28925

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Corey Burns Park: 1.2 mi
  • Praise Cathedral Recreation: 2.2 mi
  • East Riverside Park: 2.2 mi
  • Century Park: 2.8 mi
  • Tryon Park Recreation Center & Tennis Academy: 2.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Worth Barnett Overpass: 3.3 mi
  • WWI: 3.8 mi
  • Indian Boundary Line: 3.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Camp Highland ruins: 4.2 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Rock Quarry Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Reedy River Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Lower Reedy River Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Arboretum Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Conestee Falls: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 29
Museums: 28
Attractions: 16
Picnic sites: 11
  • 4: 2.8 mi
  • 5: 2.8 mi
  • 2: 2.8 mi
  • 3: 2.8 mi
  • 1: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 3
  • Chick Springs: 0.0 mi
  • Greythorne Retention Pond: 14.3 mi
  • Mineral Spring: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Chick Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hogback MountainN 359°978 m16.7 mi
Corbin MountainNNW 334°924 m18.5 mi
Rich MountainN 350°922 m15.9 mi
Bryant MountainNNW 347°921 m15.2 mi
Frank MountainNNW 331°894 m19.7 mi
Hoghead MountainN 355°893 m16.3 mi
Panther MountainNNW 330°879 m18.8 mi
Evans MountainNNW 344°853 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0819:41
June solstice06:1720:0920:47
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:3416:4317:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434653616976807873625245
Precip in4.13.84.54.04.13.94.84.73.73.63.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greer, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel43 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake32 obs
  • American Toad27 obs
  • House Finch22 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail18 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee16 obs
  • Joro Spider15 obs
  • Green Treefrog15 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/10744513923

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