Boast Mountain
Boast Mountain rises to 515 m in South Carolina. Coldsides Mountain stands 1,218 m to the north, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is White Rock Knob, a peak 1.4 miles away. Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31656016, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 515 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 4.3 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 6.3 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 11.1 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 7 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 13 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 22 mi
- View Herrin Knob Overlook (MP 424.4) · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- White Rock Knob: 1.4 mi
- Cantrell Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Burrells Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Ridley Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Buck Knob: 2.4 mi
- Little Miuka Falls: 1.6 mi
- Lower Miuka Falls: 1.7 mi
- Miuka Falls: 1.7 mi
- Crane Falls: 1.8 mi
- Secret Falls: 2.0 mi
- Cherry Hill Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Oconee Station State Historic Site: 6.5 mi
- Station Creek Cove Botanical Area: 7.1 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 7.9 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 10.8 mi
- Oconee Military Museum at Patriots Hall: 12.1 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina: 12.1 mi
- Oconee History Museum: 12.2 mi
- World of Energy: 13.3 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 2.1 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 4.1 mi
- Oconee Station: 6.5 mi
- Chattooga Town: 6.9 mi
- Cobbs Bridge: 16.7 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- Sunset Rock: 10.4 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 13.6 mi
- All In: 21.7 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 21.8 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 21.9 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 22.0 mi
- Six Degrees of Freedom: 22.1 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 12.1 mi
- 12 Spies Vineyards: 17.8 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 20.0 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 20.2 mi
- Howard's Rock: 21.8 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 8.4 mi
- North Beach: 10.7 mi
- South Beach: 11.6 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 15.9 mi
- East Beach: 21.5 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 10.3 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 12.8 mi
- Moody Spring: 1.9 mi
- Cool Spring: 13.9 mi
- Indian Spring: 18.1 mi
- Common Gardening: 11.7 mi
- English Garden: 20.3 mi
- Franklin Garden: 24.8 mi
- South: 11.6 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Boast Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coldsides Mountain | N 350° | 1,218 m | 7.5 mi |
| Flat Mountain | N 4° | 1,198 m | 6.7 mi |
| Heady Mountain | N 354° | 1,150 m | 7.1 mi |
| Ellicott Mountain | N 350° | 1,137 m | 5.5 mi |
| Round Mountain | N 10° | 1,125 m | 6.2 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NNW 339° | 1,055 m | 7.1 mi |
| Grassy Knob | NNE 16° | 1,040 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bull Pen Mountain | NNW 328° | 1,014 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357081701
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