Northwest Recreation Center
Northwest Recreation Center is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 241 m. Hogback Mountain stands 978 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairgrounds Basketball Courts, a park 0.3 miles away. Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway passes 9.8 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 241 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway
- 12.0 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 22.6 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Fairgrounds Basketball Courts: 0.3 mi
- Voyagers Park: 0.6 mi
- Tiger Park: 0.6 mi
- Summerhill Park: 0.6 mi
- Cleveland Park: 0.7 mi
- Northside Voyagers monument: 0.5 mi
- Pearl Artlet: 0.8 mi
- Regeneration: 0.9 mi
- What sustains you?: 0.9 mi
- I Pledge Allegiance: 1.0 mi
- College Seal: 1.3 mi
- Daniel Morgan Monument: 1.4 mi
- Southside Cultural Monument: 1.9 mi
- Roger Milliken Garden: 2.0 mi
- Dexter Edgar Converse Monument: 2.3 mi
- Lucas Hill: 11.2 mi
- Windmill Hill: 11.5 mi
- Hayes Hill: 12.1 mi
- Collins Mountain: 12.3 mi
- Crab Apple Hill: 13.4 mi
- Hub City Railroad Museum: 1.1 mi
- Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg: 1.4 mi
- Spartanburg Art Museum: 1.5 mi
- Spartanburg Science Center: 1.6 mi
- Cowpens Depot Museum and Civic Center: 9.6 mi
- Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Upper Chinquapin Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Cleveland Preserve Farm: 5.2 mi
- Upper Shoals Preserve at Glendale: 6.5 mi
- Glendale Shoals Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 1.8 mi
- Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Plant Zoo: 2.3 mi
- International Peace Garden: 2.3 mi
- Xeric Garden: 2.4 mi
- Frey Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
- Saranac Lake Waterfall: 5.7 mi
- Buffalo Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
- Pacolet Water Falls: 12.2 mi
- Moonshiners Falls: 22.8 mi
- Whitestone Springs: 10.0 mi
- Glenn Springs: 11.9 mi
- West Springs: 15.8 mi
- Limestone Springs: 18.5 mi
- Chick Springs: 18.9 mi
- Glassy Rock: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Northwest Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | NW 308° | 978 m | 24.1 mi |
| Hoghead Mountain | NW 305° | 893 m | 24.8 mi |
| Glassy Mountain | WNW 300° | 848 m | 24.8 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 306° | 793.5 m | 24.6 mi |
| Piney Mountain | NW 316° | 515 m | 24.3 mi |
| Squirrel Mountain | NW 305° | 493 m | 21.9 mi |
| Bird Mountain | NW 317° | 452 m | 21.4 mi |
| Tillet Mountain | WNW 298° | 448 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:08 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:42 | 17:21 |
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 | 43 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spartanburg 3 SSE, 4 mi away.
- Joro Spider34 obs
- Heavenly bamboo28 obs
- American sweetgum26 obs
- netted chain fern26 obs
- Northern Cardinal24 obs
- Chinese holly24 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel23 obs
- southern magnolia19 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 node/357118319
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