Finlay Park
Finlay Park is a park in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Little Mountain stands 243 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Arsenal Hill, a historic site 0.1 miles away. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Arsenal Hill: 0.1 mi
- Palmetto Armory/Palmetto Iron Works: 0.1 mi
- Governor's Mansion: 0.2 mi
- Site of Palmetto Iron Works: 0.2 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 0.2 mi
- Columbia Historic District I: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Elmwood/Roy Lynch Park: 0.4 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.7 mi
- State House Park: 0.7 mi
- Right Turn on White: 0.2 mi
- Milagros for Columbia: 0.2 mi
- Waterlines: 0.3 mi
- Never Bust: 0.3 mi
- Dum Spiro Spero: 0.4 mi
- Columbia Museum of Art: 0.3 mi
- Mann-Simons Site: 0.5 mi
- South Carolina State Museum: 0.7 mi
- Hampton-Preston House Museum: 0.7 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Family Home & Gardens: 0.8 mi
- DeBruhl-Marshall Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Hampton-Preston Mansion and Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Seibels Garden: 0.7 mi
- Robert Mills House and Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Anne's Garden: 0.8 mi
- Quinine Hill: 3.2 mi
- Brice Hill: 5.8 mi
- Nursery Hill: 9.4 mi
- Sand Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Green Hill Mound: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Pad #1: 9.4 mi
- Picnic Pad #4: 9.4 mi
- Picnic Pad #2: 9.4 mi
- Picnic Pad #3: 9.5 mi
- Yost Creek Trails & Farm: 10.7 mi
- Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve: 15.1 mi
- Congaree National Park Wilderness: 20.7 mi
- USC Smokestack: 1.0 mi
- SC State Fairgrounds: 2.3 mi
- Kayaker's Beach: 2.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.0 mi
- Interstate 26 West Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- Interstate 26 East Rest Area: 11.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Finlay Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mountain | WNW 300° | 243 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mount Huckabee | WSW 238° | 137 m | 13.5 mi |
| Sand Mountain | S 184° | 125 m | 10.3 mi |
| Brice Hill | NNW 339° | 119 m | 5.8 mi |
| Quinine Hill | ENE 68° | 108 m | 3.2 mi |
| Cooks Mount | E 93° | 107 m | 22.5 mi |
| Haigs Hill | SSE 156° | 97 m | 15.2 mi |
| Nursery Hill | WNW 294° | 87 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:02 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbia Univ OF SC, 1 mi away.
- Green Anole216 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle161 obs
- American Robin127 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel117 obs
- Northern Mockingbird96 obs
- Gulf Fritillary92 obs
- Western Honey Bee91 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk79 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/319621571
Day trips start here
- Columbia · 0 mi
- Congaree National Park · 21 mi
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