Carlton Mountain
Carlton Mountain rises to 479 m in South Carolina. Hickorynut Mountain stands 1,063 m to the north-northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is McGullion Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31656468, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 479 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 13.5 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 14.3 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 14.5 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 11 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 14 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 14 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McGullion Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Peach Orchard Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Rocky Bald Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Kirksey Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Cedar Rock Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Allie's Falls: 1.7 mi
- Silver Ribbon Falls: 1.7 mi
- Mizelle Falls: 1.7 mi
- Spelunker Falls: 2.5 mi
- Crosscut Falls: 2.6 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 3.3 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 4.2 mi
- Pickens Recreation Center: 5.8 mi
- Jaycee Park: 6.1 mi
- DAR Monument: 6.9 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 16.9 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 16.9 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 17.0 mi
- Paper Airplane: 17.0 mi
- All In: 17.1 mi
- Cateechee Mill: 10.5 mi
- Dedicated to Veterans World War: 11.7 mi
- Veterans memorial: 13.5 mi
- Julien D. Wyatt: 13.5 mi
- Looper Memorial Marker: 13.7 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 6.7 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 6.8 mi
- World of Energy: 9.9 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 10.3 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 13.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 6.7 mi
- English Garden: 6.7 mi
- Common Gardening: 9.3 mi
- Common Gardening: 9.3 mi
- Trail Roundabout: 20.9 mi
- Raven Cliff: 15.4 mi
- El Lieutenant: 15.4 mi
- Dunns Rock: 18.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 19.0 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 19.3 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 6.5 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 16.5 mi
- Howard's Rock: 16.9 mi
- Tiny Town: 17.4 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 18.0 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 14.1 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 19.3 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 22.6 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 22.9 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 23.1 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 6.5 mi
- North Beach: 8.1 mi
- South Beach: 9.5 mi
- East Beach: 17.1 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 20.4 mi
- Cool Spring: 11.4 mi
- Indian Spring: 12.5 mi
- Moody Spring: 15.6 mi
- South: 9.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Carlton Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickorynut Mountain | NNE 17° | 1,063 m | 9.3 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,041 m | 8.7 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,003 m | 8.6 mi |
| Caesars Head | N 11° | 978 m | 9.4 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | NNE 12° | 929 m | 8.5 mi |
| Flatrock Mountain | N 352° | 879 m | 9.4 mi |
| Chimneytop | N 4° | 852 m | 9.5 mi |
| Horse Mountain | NNE 18° | 845 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:12 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1221355 — Carlton Mountain, Pickens County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357082151
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