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Union Downtown Historic District

Union Downtown Historic District from directly overhead

Union Downtown Historic District is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 187 m. Draytonville Mountain stands 296 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Main Street Junction Ornamental Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway passes 23 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
187 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.71736, -81.62399

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks: 49
  • Union Cotton Mills mural: 0.1 mi
  • Pacolet Mills mural: 15.6 mi
  • Wade's mural: 21.8 mi
  • Ascension: 22.3 mi
  • The Freedom Flag mural: 22.5 mi
Historic sites: 29
  • Union Mills Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Union County Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Footprint of Beltline Speedway: 3.3 mi
  • Footprint of Buffalo Speedway: 4.4 mi
  • Footprint of Sugar Creek Speedway: 8.5 mi
Peaks: 12
Museums: 10
Springs: 6
  • West Springs: 10.4 mi
  • Glenn Springs: 13.7 mi
  • Whitestone Springs: 15.2 mi
  • Jew's Harp Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Stomp Springs: 18.3 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Walnut Grove Plantation: 20.5 mi
  • Southern Railway caboose x711: 22.9 mi
  • Jeep: 24.6 mi
  • Truck: 24.6 mi
  • Truck: 24.6 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Rippy Courtyard: 0.2 mi
  • Piedmont Physic Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Kitchen Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Horseshoe Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Pacolet Water Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Buffalo Creek Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Saranac Lake Waterfall: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Draytonville MountainN 5°296 m22.8 mi
McKowns MountainNNE 15°246 m22.0 mi
Beddington MountainW 273°242 m10.3 mi
Lucas HillWNW 288°234 m17.8 mi
Hayes HillNW 324°225 m13.7 mi
Crab Apple HillWNW 282°225 m16.8 mi
Bulls HillENE 69°220 m21.9 mi
Worth MountainNNE 27°213 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:38
June solstice06:1420:0620:44
September equinox07:1518:5219:25
December solstice07:3116:4117:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414551606876797872615044
Precip in4.23.64.33.73.14.13.74.03.43.33.64.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union 8 S, 8 mi away.

  • Harlequin Bug3 obs
  • Southern House Spider3 obs
  • Convergent Lady Beetle2 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary2 obs
  • American sweetgum2 obs
  • Red Clover2 obs
  • bird's-eye speedwell2 obs
  • white clover2 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/357098819

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