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McPherson Park

McPherson Park from directly overhead

McPherson Park is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 284 m. Corbin Mountain stands 924 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Kilgore-Lewis House, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 16 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
284 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.85678, -82.39286

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Conferate Monument: 0.2 mi
  • Kershaw Brigade: 0.2 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 0.3 mi
  • 81st Wildcat Division: 0.3 mi
  • Max Heller Statue: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Parks
Waterfalls
  • Reedy River Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Rock Quarry Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Lower Reedy River Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Arboretum Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Conestee Falls: 6.4 mi
Gardens: 28
  • Christ Church Memorial Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Memorial Patio: 0.5 mi
  • Prospect Hill Plaza: 0.8 mi
  • The Shaw Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 1.1 mi
Attractions: 16
Picnic sites: 11
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 3
  • Chick Springs: 7.7 mi
  • Greythorne Retention Pond: 10.6 mi
  • Mineral Spring: 17.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of McPherson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Corbin MountainN 354°924 m21.7 mi
Rich MountainN 9°922 m20.9 mi
Bryant MountainN 7°921 m20.0 mi
Hoghead MountainNNE 12°893 m21.7 mi
Panther MountainN 350°879 m21.5 mi
Glassy MountainN 9°848 m19.7 mi
Little Pinnacle MountainNNW 330°792 m21.0 mi
Campbell MountainNW 324°774 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0819:42
June solstice06:1720:1020:47
September equinox07:1818:5519:28
December solstice07:3416:4417:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444855637178818074645447
Precip in4.03.74.23.63.93.95.24.03.53.23.64.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville Dwtn AP, 3 mi away.

  • Northern Cardinal221 obs
  • Mallard170 obs
  • Canada Goose143 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird141 obs
  • American Robin96 obs
  • Christmas fern95 obs
  • Green Anole91 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird78 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 way/41597113

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