Caesars Head Mountain
Caesars Head Mountain rises to 980 m in South Carolina. Rich Mountain stands 1,119 m to the north-northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Devil's Kitchen, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
Caesars Head is a mountain within Caesars Head State Park in northern Greenville County, South Carolina. The summit has an elevation of 3,215 feet (980 m). The radio tower for TV station WYFF is nearby. Housing developments on top of the mountain are part of the Caesars Head census-designated place.
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Wikidata Q5017030, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 980 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 11.9 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 12.1 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 12.4 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 2 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 6 mi
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 15 mi
- Sliding Rock Viewpoint · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Firewater Falls: 0.5 mi
- Rock Cliff Falls: 0.6 mi
- Cliff Falls: 0.6 mi
- Moonshine Falls: 0.8 mi
- Drip Rock Falls: 0.9 mi
- Campbell Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bald Rock: 1.6 mi
- Bradford Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Beckworth Hill: 2.1 mi
- Green Mountain: 2.7 mi
- DuPont State Forest Visitors Center: 5.9 mi
- Table Rock State Park Historic District: 6.4 mi
- Table Rock State Park Headquarters and Visitor Center: 7.0 mi
- Pleasant Ridge Park: 8.3 mi
- Slater Hall Community Center: 9.3 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 0.2 mi
- Lake Wattacoo: 3.0 mi
- Jennings Mill: 4.9 mi
- Trestle ruins: 4.9 mi
- Echo Valley Amusement Park chairlift pillar concrete pad: 6.5 mi
- Springtime in TR: 14.4 mi
- Honey: 14.7 mi
- Softball statue: 16.4 mi
- Doughboy: 16.7 mi
- We all Need Safe Places To Walk and Ride: 18.4 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 6.3 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 10.9 mi
- History Museum of Travelers Rest: 14.9 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 15.9 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 16.1 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 10.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 15.9 mi
- English Garden: 15.9 mi
- Asia Garden: 16.3 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 16.4 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 0.0 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 9.2 mi
- M1: 10.5 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 16.1 mi
- Old Southern 1046 rail car: 16.4 mi
- Raven Cliff: 1.4 mi
- El Lieutenant: 1.8 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Long Rock: 6.3 mi
- Dunns Rock: 7.5 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Picnic Tables Area: 21.9 mi
- Pavilion 2: 22.2 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 13.6 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 18.0 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 21.2 mi
- Cool Spring: 14.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 16.2 mi
- Lenox Spring: 16.6 mi
- Chick Springs: 22.7 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 18.7 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 22.3 mi
- North Beach: 24.6 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Caesars Head Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Mountain | NNW 328° | 1,119 m | 5.8 mi |
| Slick Rock Mountain | NW 326° | 1,086 m | 6.1 mi |
| Middle Mountain | WNW 298° | 1,044 m | 4.3 mi |
| Coldbranch Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,016 m | 2.8 mi |
| Slicking Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,013 m | 4.0 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | NW 315° | 1,011 m | 2.0 mi |
| Little Rich Mountain | NE 37° | 1,008 m | 2.8 mi |
| Quillen Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,005 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:44 | 17:23 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 7.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Caesars Head, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357115000
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