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Elijah Clarke State Park

Elijah Clarke State Park from directly overhead

Elijah Clarke State Park is a park in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Graves Mountain stands 251 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Elijah Clark State Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 6.3 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.85612, -82.41150

78 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 48
Historic sites: 12
  • Elijah Clark Monument: 0.5 mi
  • Dooly Spring: 0.7 mi
  • New Bordeaux Monument: 5.0 mi
  • Fort James: 12.1 mi
  • Smyrna Churchyard: 17.0 mi
Peaks: 7
Museums: 5
Springs: 2
Artworks: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Christopher D. Spiller Longleaf Pine and Pollinator Trail: 18.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Graves MountainSW 220°251 m10.3 mi
Parsons MountainN 10°249 m15.9 mi
Boles MountainENE 74°194 m22.2 mi
Mount CarmelS 180°156 m17.3 mi
Burks MountainSE 146°142 m19.8 mi
Laurel HillNNE 21°134 m12.6 mi
Carey HillSE 126°120 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0919:42
June solstice06:2020:0820:44
September equinox07:1818:5519:28
December solstice07:3216:4717:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444654627078818074645246
Precip in4.24.04.53.23.24.64.54.53.63.13.64.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccormick, 8 mi away.

  • Great Blue Heron6 obs
  • Bluegill6 obs
  • Green Anole5 obs
  • White-tailed Deer5 obs
  • American sweetgum5 obs
  • muscadine4 obs
  • Osprey4 obs
  • Turkey Vulture3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/460256801

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