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Ridgeway Historic District

Ridgeway Historic District from directly overhead

Ridgeway Historic District is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 193 m. Thorn Hill stands 156 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ridgeway Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
193 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.30487, -80.95731

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ridgeway Park: 0.4 mi
  • Blythewood Park: 6.1 mi
  • Doko Meadows Park: 6.2 mi
  • Drawdy Park: 8.5 mi
  • Chimney Park: 9.2 mi
Historic sites
  • In Memory of the John H. Rose Family: 11.7 mi
  • Old Lebanon Presbyterian Church: 14.0 mi
  • Zion Chapel Baptist Church No. 1: 15.2 mi
  • Monteith School: 16.5 mi
  • Benjamin Mack House: 18.1 mi
Artworks: 38
  • Right Turn on White: 21.0 mi
  • Other Side of the Tunnel: 21.0 mi
  • Dum Spiro Spero: 21.0 mi
  • Tunnelvision: 21.0 mi
  • Waterlines: 21.1 mi
Museums: 19
  • Blythewood Historical Society: 6.2 mi
  • South Carolina Railroad Museum: 7.4 mi
  • U.S. Army Finance Corps Museum: 19.8 mi
  • US Army Chaplain Museum: 19.9 mi
  • U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum: 20.3 mi
Gardens: 17
  • Carolina Childrens Garden: 13.0 mi
  • NOMA Community Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Seibels Garden: 20.6 mi
  • Hampton-Preston Mansion and Gardens: 20.7 mi
  • DeBruhl-Marshall Gardens: 20.8 mi
Peaks: 13
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Pad #3: 15.4 mi
  • Picnic Pad #2: 15.4 mi
  • Picnic Pad #1: 15.4 mi
  • Picnic Pad #4: 15.5 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Atlas Gym and Fitness Center: 20.0 mi
  • USC Smokestack: 21.6 mi
  • SC State Fairgrounds: 22.9 mi
  • Hanging Rock: 24.7 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Kayaker's Beach: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thorn HillNE 53°156 m22.1 mi
Cantey HillENE 78°143 m17.8 mi
Brice HillSSW 204°119 m16.7 mi
Buck HillENE 76°118 m12.6 mi
Knight HillE 91°118 m16.6 mi
Quinine HillS 185°108 m19.4 mi
Hobkirk HillE 96°89 m20.1 mi
Nursery HillSW 219°87 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0319:36
June solstice06:1320:0320:40
September equinox07:1318:4919:22
December solstice07:2716:4017:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424552616976807873625145
Precip in4.03.64.03.13.14.04.14.73.93.33.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winnsboro, 9 mi away.

  • Green Anole7 obs
  • Japanese Beetle6 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird4 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail4 obs
  • White-tailed Deer3 obs
  • American beautyberry3 obs
  • Pearl Crescent3 obs
  • American tuliptree3 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/357104072

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