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Southside Park

Southside Park from directly overhead

Southside Park is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 265 m. Paris Mountain stands 626 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Greythorne Retention Pond, a spring 1.4 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 25 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
265 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.74389, -82.30152

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Alder Park: 2.1 mi
  • Tebblewood Park: 2.1 mi
  • Anglewood Park: 2.1 mi
  • Woodside Park: 2.1 mi
  • College Park: 2.3 mi
Artworks
  • Palmetto with Flowers: 2.5 mi
  • We Are All One: 2.5 mi
  • The Big Cocoon: 2.5 mi
  • Community in Flux: 2.5 mi
  • The Groundbreaking: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 29
  • Rock Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Native Plant and Water Reuse Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 8.6 mi
  • The Shaw Garden: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 26
Museums: 23
Attractions: 14
Picnic sites: 11
  • Twin Bridges Pavilion: 2.9 mi
  • Commons Building Outdoor seating area: 6.4 mi
  • Shelter: 8.8 mi
  • Pavilion 1: 9.3 mi
  • Pavilion 2: 9.3 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Conestee Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Rock Quarry Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Lower Reedy River Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Reedy River Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Arboretum Falls: 9.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Greythorne Retention Pond: 1.4 mi
  • Chick Springs: 12.8 mi
  • Mineral Spring: 13.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paris MountainNNW 336°626 m15.0 mi
Bullard MountainWNW 303°513 m23.0 mi
Langley MountainNW 304°505 m23.7 mi
Glassy MountainWNW 298°502 m23.0 mi
Long MountainNW 306°481 m24.3 mi
Allen KnobNNW 345°455 m23.9 mi
Hickory Nut MountainNW 305°449 m21.3 mi
Cedar Rock MountainWNW 298°421 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0819:41
June solstice06:1720:0920:46
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:3316:4417:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424552606876797872615144
Precip in4.44.04.54.13.74.54.44.93.73.63.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fountain INN 2 SW, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Joro Spider19 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake6 obs
  • Common Box Turtle6 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary6 obs
  • Central Ratsnake6 obs
  • Green Anole5 obs
  • Yellow Garden Spider5 obs
  • Carolina Mantis5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/42359332

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