Big Rock Mountain
Big Rock Mountain rises to 549 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the north, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Cock Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in South Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31655932, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 549 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 12.9 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 13.1 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 13.7 mi off the Whitewater Way
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 8 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 13 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 14 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turkey Cock Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Pink Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Cedar Rock Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Odle Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Turner Hill: 1.3 mi
- Silver Ribbon Falls: 1.3 mi
- Mizelle Falls: 1.4 mi
- Allie's Falls: 1.4 mi
- Gauley Falls: 3.6 mi
- Good Golly Falls: 3.6 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 3.6 mi
- Pickens Recreation Center: 6.0 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 6.1 mi
- Jaycee Park: 6.3 mi
- Table Rock State Park Headquarters and Visitor Center: 7.0 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 19.4 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 19.5 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 19.6 mi
- Paper Airplane: 19.6 mi
- Honey: 19.7 mi
- Looper Memorial Marker: 12.2 mi
- Cateechee Mill: 12.7 mi
- Dedicated to Veterans World War: 13.0 mi
- Veterans memorial: 13.7 mi
- Julien D. Wyatt: 13.7 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 6.9 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 7.1 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 7.6 mi
- World of Energy: 12.7 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 16.2 mi
- English Garden: 6.9 mi
- Common Gardening: 12.1 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 18.9 mi
- Trail Roundabout: 19.7 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 20.0 mi
- El Lieutenant: 12.6 mi
- Raven Cliff: 12.6 mi
- Dunns Rock: 16.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 16.3 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 17.1 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 6.9 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 13.7 mi
- Tiny Town: 17.1 mi
- M1: 19.2 mi
- Howard's Rock: 19.5 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 14.7 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 16.6 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 20.1 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 23.5 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 23.6 mi
- South: 12.3 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Picnic Tables Area: 24.4 mi
- Pavilion 2: 24.9 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 7.1 mi
- North Beach: 10.8 mi
- South Beach: 12.3 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 19.3 mi
- East Beach: 19.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 9.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 15.1 mi
- Moody Spring: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Big Rock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | N 6° | 1,087 m | 7.5 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | NNE 12° | 1,063 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,041 m | 5.9 mi |
| Rock Mountain | N 9° | 1,003 m | 5.9 mi |
| Whiteoak Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,002 m | 7.9 mi |
| Caesars Head | N 3° | 978 m | 6.8 mi |
| Table Rock | NE 37° | 953 m | 8.1 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | N 3° | 929 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pickens, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357081591
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