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Winthrop College Historic District

Winthrop College Historic District from directly overhead

Winthrop College Historic District is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 202 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Vessel Sculpture, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 23 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
202 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.93903, -81.03174

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Vessel Sculpture: 0.1 mi
  • Winthrop Eagle Statue: 0.1 mi
  • Dancing with Children: 0.8 mi
  • Freedom Rides: 1.0 mi
  • Millstone: 6.8 mi
Parks
Attractions: 52
  • Baseball Water Tower: 9.0 mi
  • Surf Club Harbor: 12.1 mi
  • Storm Surge: 12.2 mi
  • Tidal Wave Bay: 12.2 mi
  • Hurricane Falls: 12.2 mi
Historic sites: 48
Museums: 27
Gardens: 20
Nature reserves: 14
Peaks: 14
Rest areas: 2
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 11.0 mi
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 14.2 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Sailing Beach: 11.6 mi
  • South Point Beach: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleNW 320°520 m24.4 mi
Crowders MountainNW 326°458 m24.5 mi
Henry KnobNW 314°344 m19.1 mi
Jackson KnobNNW 337°328 m20.1 mi
Browns MountainWNW 302°315 m24.9 mi
Joes MountainWNW 304°312 m24.6 mi
Nanny MountainNNW 337°299 m10.1 mi
Kings MountainNW 305°289 m24.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0319:36
June solstice06:1120:0420:42
September equinox07:1318:4919:23
December solstice07:2916:3817:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434654627077807973635245
Precip in3.63.13.93.73.54.13.63.73.62.93.33.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winthrop Univ, under a mile away.

  • Green Anole34 obs
  • Pond Slider33 obs
  • Canada Goose28 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel24 obs
  • Common Watersnake23 obs
  • Mallard21 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird19 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk18 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/357100463

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