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Caesars Head

Caesars Head, seen from above at true elevation

Caesars Head rises to 978 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the north-northeast, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Firefly Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 4.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
978 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.05564, -82.78456

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Firefly Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Rock Palace Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Beech Bottom Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Poplar Hollow Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Rocky Bottom Gorge Falls: 1.5 mi
Parks
  • Table Rock State Park Historic District: 4.6 mi
  • Table Rock State Park Headquarters and Visitor Center: 5.7 mi
  • Champion Park: 6.6 mi
  • Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 7.7 mi
  • Bootleg Access Area: 9.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 31
  • Caesars Head Hotel: 9.7 mi
  • Lake Wattacoo: 11.8 mi
  • Jennings Mill: 13.9 mi
  • Trestle ruins: 14.0 mi
  • Looper Memorial Marker: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 19
Attractions: 10
  • Devil's Kitchen: 9.5 mi
  • M1: 12.5 mi
  • The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 12.7 mi
  • Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 18.2 mi
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 19.5 mi
Museums: 9
Nature reserves: 9
  • Green Mountain Preserve: 13.2 mi
  • Bracken Preserve: 13.3 mi
  • Nalley Brown Nature Park: 20.1 mi
  • Kelsey Trail Preserve: 22.9 mi
  • Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 23.0 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Brevard Community Garden: 12.2 mi
  • English Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Common Gardening: 18.1 mi
  • Trail Roundabout: 21.3 mi
  • Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 21.5 mi
Artworks: 8
Springs: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Sandstone Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 15.1 mi
  • North Beach: 16.7 mi
  • South Beach: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Caesars Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sassafras MountainNNE1,087 m0.8 mi
Hickorynut MountainESE1,063 m1.1 mi
Pinnacle MountainESE1,041 m2.9 mi
Indian Camp MountainNNW1,027 m2.1 mi
Coldbranch MountainENE1,016 m6.8 mi
Slicking MountainENE1,013 m5.6 mi
Burnt MountainNW1,011 m3.0 mi
Rock MountainSSE1,003 m1.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:43
June solstice06:1820:1220:49
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:3616:4517:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404350586674777671605043
Precip in6.85.36.25.25.05.26.16.45.35.25.36.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Table Rock, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357095814

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