Ninety Six National Historic Site
Ninety Six National Historic Site is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 156 m. Parsons Mountain stands 249 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Star Fort, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 156 m
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ninety Six Town Park: 2.2 mi
- Lake Greenwood State Park: 5.0 mi
- Stockman Park: 6.7 mi
- Greenwood Civic Center: 8.6 mi
- Chappell's Boat Landing: 8.8 mi
- Star Fort: 0.5 mi
- Mathews Mill Village World War II Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Confederate Monument: 9.2 mi
- Old Rock House: 10.2 mi
- Cross Hill Confederate Monument: 11.4 mi
- The Railroad Historical Center: 8.9 mi
- The Museum of Greenwood, South Carolina: 9.2 mi
- Abbeville County Museum: 20.9 mi
- Burt-Stark Mansion: 21.3 mi
- NFT Museum: 24.2 mi
- Marion Avenue Community Garden: 9.0 mi
- Main Street Pollinator Garden: 9.1 mi
- Oak / Monument Pollinator Garden: 9.2 mi
- Uptown Market Pollinator Garden: 9.3 mi
- Sensory Garden: 10.1 mi
- Trisha Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Faulkner Mountain: 12.3 mi
- Boles Mountain: 13.8 mi
- Laurel Hill: 20.0 mi
- Parsons Mountain: 20.5 mi
- Downtown Mural: 2.4 mi
- Rebecca At The Well: 15.4 mi
- The Great Blue Heron: 23.7 mi
- Memorial A-60 Battle Tank: 2.3 mi
- Belfast Plantation: 15.8 mi
- Harris Springs: 13.2 mi
- Powder Spring: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ninety Six National Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parsons Mountain | W 259° | 249 m | 20.5 mi |
| Faulkner Mountain | S 174° | 195 m | 12.3 mi |
| Trisha Mountain | S 170° | 194 m | 10.7 mi |
| Boles Mountain | S 186° | 194 m | 13.8 mi |
| Laurel Hill | WSW 246° | 134 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:07 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:45 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Greenwood, 7 mi away.
- Carolina Satyr22 obs
- Chipping Sparrow21 obs
- Great Blue Heron20 obs
- Green Anole20 obs
- Central Ratsnake18 obs
- Common Whitetail16 obs
- Oglethorpe Oak16 obs
- White-tailed Deer15 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/548770749
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