Rivers Bridge State Historic Site
Rivers Bridge State Historic Site is a park in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Barnwell Hill stands 70 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Pauls Chapel Park, a park 7.2 miles away. Old Sheldon Church Road Scenic Highway passes 30 miles off. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 30.0 mi off the Old Sheldon Church Road Scenic Highway
50 named places within 25 miles
- Pauls Chapel Park: 7.2 mi
- Triangle Park: 10.6 mi
- Open Arms Ball park: 12.7 mi
- Palmetto park: 13.0 mi
- Lightsey Park: 13.1 mi
- Allendale County Museum: 12.5 mi
- Hampton Museum And Visitors Center: 13.1 mi
- Hampton County Museum: 13.2 mi
- Barnwell County Museum: 19.9 mi
- Blackville Heritage Museum: 23.1 mi
- Toby Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Cohens Bluff: 24.3 mi
- Matthews Bluff: 24.5 mi
- Quartemans Hill: 14.9 mi
- Gravel Hill: 17.6 mi
- Barnwell Hill: 20.3 mi
- Confederate Monument: 20.4 mi
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois: 21.6 mi
- Veteran's Park: 21.6 mi
- Southern X2245: 21.1 mi
- Tank: 21.7 mi
- Ace Garden: 12.7 mi
- Gazebo: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rivers Bridge State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnwell Hill | NW 310° | 70 m | 20.3 mi |
| Quartemans Hill | N 359° | 69 m | 14.9 mi |
| Gravel Hill | WSW 250° | 69 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:04 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:01 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:44 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 49 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 65 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allendale 2 NW, 13 mi away.
- Great Blue Skimmer9 obs
- Eastern Wood-Pewee5 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk5 obs
- American Robin4 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard4 obs
- American beautyberry4 obs
- Spanish moss4 obs
- muscadine4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/37783049
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