Cannon Mountain
Cannon Mountain rises to 387 m in South Carolina. Hickorynut Mountain stands 1,063 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pickens Doodle Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 8.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31656402, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 387 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 20.0 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 21.4 mi off the Whitewater Way
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 10 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 14 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 21 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pickens Doodle Park: 1.2 mi
- Jaycee Park: 1.9 mi
- Rotary Park: 2.2 mi
- Pickens Recreation Center: 2.2 mi
- LQK Airport Playground: 4.8 mi
- Glassy Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Bullard Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Cedar Rock Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Arial Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Langley Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Adams Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
- Silver Ribbon Falls: 8.4 mi
- Allie's Falls: 8.6 mi
- Mizelle Falls: 8.6 mi
- Alewine Falls: 9.2 mi
- Softball statue: 13.6 mi
- We all Need Safe Places To Walk and Ride: 13.8 mi
- Doughboy: 14.0 mi
- Honey: 14.4 mi
- Spindle: 14.5 mi
- Veterans memorial: 5.7 mi
- Julien D. Wyatt: 5.7 mi
- Dedicated to Veterans World War: 6.6 mi
- Kimberly Hampton Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Looper Memorial Marker: 7.2 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 1.4 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 1.4 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 10.0 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 12.5 mi
- World of Energy: 13.8 mi
- English Garden: 1.4 mi
- Trail Roundabout: 13.6 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 13.9 mi
- Common Gardening: 14.1 mi
- Labyrinth: 14.1 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 1.7 mi
- Tiny Town: 9.4 mi
- Old Southern 1046 rail car: 13.6 mi
- Steamer Car: 13.7 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 15.6 mi
- Indian Spring: 13.4 mi
- Cool Spring: 17.5 mi
- Mineral Spring: 21.7 mi
- Chick Springs: 22.4 mi
- Moody Spring: 23.5 mi
- Raven Cliff: 15.0 mi
- El Lieutenant: 15.3 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 18.2 mi
- Dunns Rock: 20.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 21.0 mi
- South: 14.3 mi
- Picnic Tables Area: 17.4 mi
- Pavilion 2: 18.0 mi
- Pavilion 1: 18.0 mi
- Commons Building Outdoor seating area: 22.0 mi
- North Beach: 13.6 mi
- South Beach: 14.4 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 14.5 mi
- East Beach: 17.4 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 6.9 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 16.9 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Cannon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickorynut Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,063 m | 12.4 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | NNW 342° | 1,041 m | 10.9 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NNW 334° | 1,003 m | 12.1 mi |
| Table Rock | N 354° | 953 m | 11.6 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | NNW 332° | 929 m | 12.4 mi |
| Sunfish Mountain | NNW 343° | 883 m | 12.4 mi |
| Horse Mountain | NNW 330° | 845 m | 10.9 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | N 350° | 845 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pickens, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357095831
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