August Hill
August Hill rises to 347 m in South Carolina. Tryon Peak stands 986 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Triple Oak Farm, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway runs past it.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31655750, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 347 m
How to reach it
- On the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 9.0 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 14.8 mi off the Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway
- 20.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Rock · 22 mi
- Opera Box · 22 mi
- Devil's Head · 22 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gib Gosnell Park: 4.1 mi
- Little Africa Park: 5.0 mi
- Brookwood Park: 6.0 mi
- Leroy Mathis Park: 6.1 mi
- Sealy Park: 6.7 mi
- Sillers Falls: 9.4 mi
- Blue Wall Falls: 10.8 mi
- Moonshiners Falls: 11.2 mi
- Lower Cave Falls: 11.6 mi
- Cave Falls: 11.6 mi
- Old Rutherford Road: 4.2 mi
- Inman Veterans Monument: 6.4 mi
- Blockhouse marker: 8.4 mi
- Boiling Springs Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 10.1 mi
- Orange Bear: 5.4 mi
- Globe: 10.1 mi
- Maria: 12.1 mi
- Northside Voyagers monument: 14.6 mi
- Pearl Artlet: 14.8 mi
- Windmill Hill: 5.1 mi
- Little Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Mockingbird Hill: 8.0 mi
- Bird Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Collins Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Landrum Depot: 6.6 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 10.0 mi
- Polk County History Museum: 10.0 mi
- House of Flags: 10.1 mi
- Hub City Railroad Museum: 15.3 mi
- Pacolet River Passenger Car: 6.7 mi
- AH-1: 16.4 mi
- BMW Performance Center: 17.1 mi
- Suber's Corn Mill: 17.7 mi
- Southern Railway caboose x711: 18.1 mi
- Triple Oak Farm: 1.6 mi
- Cleveland Preserve Farm: 12.5 mi
- Upper Chinquapin Preserve: 12.9 mi
- South Tyger River Blueways Tract: 15.0 mi
- Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Xeric Garden: 12.5 mi
- International Peace Garden: 12.5 mi
- Plant Zoo: 12.6 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 14.9 mi
- Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 16.1 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 13.4 mi
- Glassy Rock: 14.1 mi
- Worlds Edge: 20.2 mi
- The Pinnacles: 20.9 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 21.0 mi
- Chick Springs: 18.7 mi
- Whitestone Springs: 24.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 24.7 mi
- Commons Building Outdoor seating area: 24.3 mi
- Pavilion 1: 24.6 mi
- Pavilion 2: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of August Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tryon Peak | NW 314° | 986 m | 12.6 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | W 280° | 978 m | 12.0 mi |
| White Oak Mountain | NW 323° | 940 m | 12.3 mi |
| Rich Mountain | W 274° | 922 m | 14.3 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | W 271° | 921 m | 15.0 mi |
| Cliffield Mountain | NW 319° | 918 m | 18.4 mi |
| Hoghead Mountain | W 277° | 893 m | 13.2 mi |
| Evans Mountain | WNW 283° | 853 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:42 | 17:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chesnee 7 WSW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357115601
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