Big Stakey Mountain
Big Stakey Mountain rises to 790 m in South Carolina. Glade Mountain stands 1,005 m to the north, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ira Branch Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31655949, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 790 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 6.6 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 10.1 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 10.3 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 11 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 17 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 27 mi
- Rough Butt Bald Overlook (MP 425.4) · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ira Branch Falls: 0.9 mi
- Pigpen Falls: 1.1 mi
- Upper Pigpen Falls: 1.1 mi
- Licklog Falls: 1.2 mi
- Cheohee Road Falls: 1.5 mi
- Cherry Hill Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Chattooga Wild and Scenic River: 4.4 mi
- Oconee Station State Historic Site: 5.6 mi
- Station Creek Cove Botanical Area: 5.7 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Little Stakey Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Reed Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Hickory Top: 1.2 mi
- Morton Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Dodge Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 10.2 mi
- Oconee Military Museum at Patriots Hall: 10.8 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina: 10.9 mi
- Oconee History Museum: 10.9 mi
- The Foxfire Museum: 15.0 mi
- Chattooga Town: 2.3 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 4.7 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Oconee Station: 5.8 mi
- Cobbs Bridge: 13.6 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 5.6 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 8.8 mi
- Sunset Rock: 9.8 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 11.0 mi
- The Catstairs: 11.4 mi
- All In: 22.9 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 23.2 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 23.3 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 23.3 mi
- Six Degrees of Freedom: 23.4 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 10.9 mi
- 12 Spies Vineyards: 13.7 mi
- Stonewall Creek Vineyards Tasting Room: 20.2 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 22.6 mi
- Howard's Rock: 23.1 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 9.3 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 13.0 mi
- North Beach: 13.4 mi
- South Beach: 13.8 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 18.9 mi
- East Beach: 22.7 mi
- Moody Spring: 3.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 18.4 mi
- Indian Spring: 20.1 mi
- Big Spring: 22.0 mi
- Common Gardening: 14.0 mi
- Franklin Garden: 23.3 mi
- English Garden: 24.3 mi
- South: 13.8 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 20.2 mi
- Burton: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Big Stakey Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glade Mountain | N 359° | 1,005 m | 5.9 mi |
| Fork Mountain | NNE 28° | 992 m | 6.3 mi |
| Redside Mountain | N 4° | 982 m | 5.6 mi |
| Drip Nose Mountain | N 358° | 975 m | 5.3 mi |
| Medlin Mountain | NNE 33° | 954 m | 5.2 mi |
| Polly Mountain | N 6° | 948 m | 7.4 mi |
| Persimmon Mountain | NE 41° | 933 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bee Bait Mountain | N 3° | 911 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:47 | 17:26 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 8.1 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jocassee 8 WNW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357081596
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