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Spartanburg Historic District

Spartanburg Historic District from directly overhead

Spartanburg Historic District is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 237 m. Squirrel Mountain stands 493 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg, a museum 0.1 miles away. Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway passes 8.9 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
237 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.95099, -81.93456

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Spartanburg County Map: 0.1 mi
  • Self Made Man: 0.1 mi
  • Wall Street Journal: 0.1 mi
  • Chaser statue: 0.1 mi
  • Nesting: 0.2 mi
Parks
  • Morgan Square: 0.2 mi
  • Central Park: 0.2 mi
  • Featherston Green: 0.2 mi
  • Grain District Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Denny's Plaza: 0.3 mi
Historic sites: 55
Peaks: 24
Museums: 18
  • Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg: 0.1 mi
  • Hub City Railroad Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Spartanburg Art Museum: 0.3 mi
  • Spartanburg Science Center: 0.3 mi
  • Cowpens Depot Museum and Civic Center: 8.6 mi
Gardens: 13
  • Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Plant Zoo: 3.6 mi
  • International Peace Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Xeric Garden: 3.6 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Southern Railway caboose x711: 8.7 mi
  • Walnut Grove Plantation: 8.8 mi
  • BMW Performance Center: 14.2 mi
  • M106A1: 16.3 mi
  • AH-1: 16.3 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Waterfalls: 12
  • Saranac Lake Waterfall: 4.7 mi
  • Buffalo Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Frey Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Pacolet Water Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Moonshiners Falls: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • 1: 17.3 mi
  • 3: 17.3 mi
  • 2: 17.3 mi
  • 5: 17.3 mi
  • 4: 17.4 mi
Springs: 5

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Squirrel MountainNW 304°493 m23.1 mi
Bird MountainNW 315°452 m22.6 mi
Tillet MountainWNW 297°448 m24.8 mi
Little MountainNNW 332°424 m22.5 mi
Mockingbird HillNW 317°388 m22.8 mi
Pax MountainWNW 290°388 m23.3 mi
Thicketty MountainNE 40°364 m14.6 mi
Butler HillWSW 255°363 m23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:40
June solstice06:1520:0820:46
September equinox07:1618:5319:26
December solstice07:3316:4217:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434653616976797873625145
Precip in4.33.84.84.33.94.64.04.63.73.93.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spartanburg 3 SSE, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel61 obs
  • Green Anole40 obs
  • American Robin38 obs
  • Northern Cardinal31 obs
  • white clover21 obs
  • Brown Thrasher18 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle16 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird15 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357118409

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