Rockwood Park
Rockwood Park is a park in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 285 m. Rich Mountain stands 922 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Augusta Circle Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 19 miles off.
How to reach it
- 18.9 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 27.9 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 29.6 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
- 29.9 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 22 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Augusta Circle Park: 0.5 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 0.5 mi
- Gatlin Park: 0.8 mi
- Henry Bacon McKoy Park: 1.2 mi
- Watts Park: 1.5 mi
- Girders: 1.5 mi
- Kinetic Sculpture: 1.5 mi
- Leap of Faith: 1.8 mi
- The Welcome: 1.9 mi
- Butterfly Journey: 1.9 mi
- Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr. Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 1.9 mi
- War Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Richard W. "Dick" Riley: 2.3 mi
- Max Heller Statue: 2.7 mi
- Rock Quarry Falls: 2.0 mi
- Lower Reedy River Falls: 2.1 mi
- Arboretum Falls: 2.1 mi
- Reedy River Falls: 2.2 mi
- Conestee Falls: 3.9 mi
- Butler Hill: 4.2 mi
- Roper Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Piney Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Paris Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Indian Hill: 13.5 mi
- Sullivan Street Farm: 1.8 mi
- Native Plant and Water Reuse Garden: 1.8 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 1.9 mi
- The Shaw Garden: 2.1 mi
- Pedrick's Garden: 2.1 mi
- Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum and Baseball Library: 2.1 mi
- Museum and Library of Confederate History: 2.4 mi
- The Children's Museum of the Upstate: 2.9 mi
- American Legion War Museum: 2.9 mi
- The Greenville County Museum of Art: 2.9 mi
- Greenville Glides: 2.7 mi
- Kilgore-Lewis House: 2.8 mi
- Roper Mountain Science Center: 4.9 mi
- Steamer Car: 6.1 mi
- Tiny Town: 7.8 mi
- Picnic Tables Area: 3.7 mi
- Pavilion 1: 4.0 mi
- Pavilion 2: 4.0 mi
- Shelter: 4.9 mi
- Commons Building Outdoor seating area: 5.5 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 12.9 mi
- South Tyger River Blueways Tract: 15.9 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 21.7 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 22.4 mi
- Cragmoor Farms: 24.2 mi
- Greythorne Retention Pond: 8.1 mi
- Chick Springs: 9.8 mi
- Mineral Spring: 14.6 mi
- Glassy Rock: 22.5 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 24.4 mi
- Raven Cliff: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Rockwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Mountain | N 7° | 922 m | 23.8 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | N 6° | 921 m | 22.9 mi |
| Glassy Mountain | N 8° | 848 m | 22.5 mi |
| The Stool | NW 314° | 797 m | 23.6 mi |
| Little Pinnacle Mountain | NNW 333° | 792 m | 23.6 mi |
| Campbell Mountain | NNW 328° | 774 m | 22.9 mi |
| Old Indian Mountain | N 1° | 697 m | 22.4 mi |
| Cedar Rock Mountain | NNW 341° | 696 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:10 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:44 | 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 | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville, 2 mi away.
- DeKay's Brownsnake25 obs
- Green Anole18 obs
- leatherleaf mahonia18 obs
- Central Ratsnake18 obs
- Northern Cardinal13 obs
- Joro Spider12 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk11 obs
- Northern Mockingbird10 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/416539105
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