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Hampton Heights Historic District

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Hampton Heights Historic District is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 233 m. Squirrel Mountain stands 493 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Oaks Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway passes 9.1 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
233 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.94096, -81.93177

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Willow Oaks Park: 0.0 mi
  • Hub City Art Park: 0.3 mi
  • Grain District Plaza: 0.5 mi
  • Mary H Wright Greenway Park: 0.5 mi
  • Irwin Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
  • Solitude: 0.3 mi
  • Spartanburgers Bobble Head: 0.3 mi
  • Harmony: 0.3 mi
  • Alliance: 0.4 mi
  • Hub City: 0.4 mi
Historic sites: 55
Peaks: 23
Museums: 17
  • Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg: 0.6 mi
  • Spartanburg Art Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Spartanburg Science Center: 0.8 mi
  • Hub City Railroad Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Cowpens Depot Museum and Civic Center: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 13
  • Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Plant Zoo: 4.1 mi
  • International Peace Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Xeric Garden: 4.1 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Walnut Grove Plantation: 8.1 mi
  • Southern Railway caboose x711: 8.9 mi
  • BMW Performance Center: 14.2 mi
  • M106A1: 16.5 mi
  • AH-1: 16.5 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Waterfalls: 11
  • Saranac Lake Waterfall: 5.0 mi
  • Buffalo Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Frey Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Pacolet Water Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • 1: 17.4 mi
  • 3: 17.4 mi
  • 2: 17.4 mi
  • 5: 17.5 mi
  • 4: 17.5 mi
Springs: 5

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Squirrel MountainNW 306°493 m23.6 mi
Bird MountainNW 316°452 m23.2 mi
Little MountainNNW 332°424 m23.2 mi
Mockingbird HillNW 318°388 m23.5 mi
Pax MountainWNW 291°388 m23.7 mi
Thicketty MountainNE 38°364 m15.1 mi
Butler HillWSW 256°363 m23.8 mi
Windmill HillNW 312°361 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:40
June solstice06:1520:0820:45
September equinox07:1618:5319:26
December solstice07:3216:4217:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434653616976797873625145
Precip in4.33.84.84.33.94.64.04.63.73.93.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spartanburg 3 SSE, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel66 obs
  • Northern Cardinal43 obs
  • American Robin37 obs
  • Green Anole36 obs
  • Brown Thrasher21 obs
  • white clover21 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail19 obs
  • southern magnolia18 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357118131

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