Harbison State Forest
Harbison State Forest is a park in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Little Mountain stands 243 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Grove Park, a park 2.7 miles away. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Grove Park: 2.7 mi
- Irmo Community Park: 3.3 mi
- St. Andrews Park: 3.3 mi
- Palmetto Park: 3.4 mi
- Irmo Community Park: 3.4 mi
- Pine Grove Rosenwald School: 2.7 mi
- Zion Chapel Baptist Church No. 1: 5.5 mi
- Benjamin Mack House: 5.6 mi
- Broad River: 6.1 mi
- A Bridge to the Past: 6.9 mi
- Elephant Statue: 7.0 mi
- Right Turn on White: 8.0 mi
- Milagros for Columbia: 8.2 mi
- Waterlines: 8.2 mi
- Dum Spiro Spero: 8.2 mi
- Mann-Simons Site: 8.0 mi
- Hampton-Preston House Museum: 8.3 mi
- South Carolina State Museum: 8.3 mi
- Columbia Museum of Art: 8.3 mi
- Columbia Fire Department Museum: 8.3 mi
- Riverbanks Botanical Garden: 6.8 mi
- NOMA Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Seibels Garden: 8.1 mi
- DeBruhl-Marshall Gardens: 8.1 mi
- Hampton-Preston Mansion and Gardens: 8.2 mi
- Brice Hill: 2.9 mi
- Nursery Hill: 4.7 mi
- Quinine Hill: 9.4 mi
- Mount Huckabee: 15.2 mi
- Sand Mountain: 17.3 mi
- Picnic Pad #1: 12.4 mi
- Picnic Pad #4: 12.5 mi
- Picnic Pad #2: 12.5 mi
- Picnic Pad #3: 12.5 mi
- Yost Creek Trails & Farm: 5.7 mi
- Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve: 19.2 mi
- Kayaker's Beach: 6.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 12.0 mi
- USC Smokestack: 9.0 mi
- SC State Fairgrounds: 10.3 mi
- Interstate 26 West Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Interstate 26 East Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Harbison State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mountain | WNW 290° | 243 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Huckabee | SSW 206° | 137 m | 15.2 mi |
| Sand Mountain | SSE 166° | 125 m | 17.3 mi |
| Brice Hill | ESE 113° | 119 m | 2.9 mi |
| Quinine Hill | SE 124° | 108 m | 9.4 mi |
| Haigs Hill | SSE 152° | 97 m | 23.1 mi |
| Nursery Hill | SW 235° | 87 m | 4.7 mi |
| Green Hill Mound | SSE 152° | 36 m | 18.5 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 | 20:03 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedar Creek 2E, 9 mi away.
- Atamasco Lily41 obs
- Red-spotted Admiral34 obs
- Red-headed Woodpecker33 obs
- Summer Tanager31 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard31 obs
- common pawpaw29 obs
- Christmas fern28 obs
- Carolina Satyr28 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/512599943
Day trips start here
- Columbia · 8 mi
- Congaree National Park · 29 mi
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