Browns Mountain
Browns Mountain rises to 315 m in South Carolina. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Joes Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 6.7 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Brown's Mountain is a mountain in Cherokee County in the state of South Carolina, United States. Brown's Mountain summit is at an elevation of 1,035 feet (315 meters) above sea level. The mountain is one of the three main mountain summits of Kings Mountain National Military Park and is the highest in the park. The other mountain summits are Joes Mountain and Kings Mountain.
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Wikidata Q4975954, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 315 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 15.1 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 18.8 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 23.1 mi off the Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Linzer Park: 4.9 mi
- Gibbs Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
- Patriots Park and Pavilion in Kings Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Deal Park: 8.8 mi
- Crossroads Music Park: 9.3 mi
- Joes Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Kings Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Whitaker Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Jefferson Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Henry Knob: 7.4 mi
- Hoover Monument: 1.3 mi
- In Honor Of The Three African American Patriots: 1.3 mi
- Kings Mountain Centennial Monument: 1.4 mi
- To Honor Colonel Asbury Coward: 1.4 mi
- Kings Mountain U.S. Monument: 1.6 mi
- Kings Mountain Historical Museum: 8.2 mi
- Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce: 13.4 mi
- Earl Scruggs Center: 13.4 mi
- McCelvey Center: 13.5 mi
- Cherokee County Museum: 14.5 mi
- James Ross Wildlife Reservation: 13.2 mi
- Pharr Yarns - Spencer Mountain Wetland: 20.6 mi
- McDowell Nature Preserve: 21.8 mi
- Draper Wildlife Management Area: 22.1 mi
- Paul And Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve: 22.3 mi
- Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery: 14.3 mi
- Truck: 14.6 mi
- Truck: 14.6 mi
- Jeep: 14.6 mi
- Peachoid: 16.1 mi
- Blacksburg: 6.3 mi
- The Other Side Of The River: 6.3 mi
- Russel McConnel Memorial: 16.3 mi
- Pacolet Mills mural: 24.0 mi
- Vessel Sculpture: 24.9 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 15.5 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
- High Shoals: 21.6 mi
- Pacolet Water Falls: 24.1 mi
- Two Rivers Utilities Educational Garden: 15.5 mi
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: 19.7 mi
- Sailing Beach: 20.3 mi
- South Point Beach: 22.3 mi
- Limestone Springs: 15.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Browns Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pinnacle | NE 45° | 520 m | 7.4 mi |
| Crowders Mountain | NE 46° | 458 m | 10.1 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | NE 55° | 375 m | 19.9 mi |
| Thicketty Mountain | W 267° | 364 m | 20.6 mi |
| Whitaker Mountain | W 274° | 356 m | 5.6 mi |
| Henry Knob | E 90° | 344 m | 7.4 mi |
| Jackson Knob | ENE 69° | 328 m | 14.2 mi |
| Joes Mountain | ENE 63° | 312 m | 0.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:06 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:39 | 17:18 |
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 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ninety Nine IS, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357081865
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