Cedar Rock Mountain
Cedar Rock Mountain rises to 508 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the north, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Ribbon Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1231150)
Wikidata Q31656550, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 508 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 13.3 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 13.4 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 13.8 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 9 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 13 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 14 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Silver Ribbon Falls: 0.3 mi
- Allie's Falls: 0.5 mi
- Mizelle Falls: 0.5 mi
- Spelunker Falls: 3.1 mi
- Crosscut Falls: 3.1 mi
- Rocky Bald Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Pink Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Little Pink Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Big Rock Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Peach Orchard Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 3.0 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 5.2 mi
- Pickens Recreation Center: 6.0 mi
- Jaycee Park: 6.3 mi
- Pickens Doodle Park: 7.2 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 18.6 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 18.6 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 18.7 mi
- Paper Airplane: 18.7 mi
- Paper Airplane: 18.8 mi
- Cateechee Mill: 12.0 mi
- Dedicated to Veterans World War: 12.6 mi
- Looper Memorial Marker: 12.9 mi
- Veterans memorial: 13.7 mi
- Julien D. Wyatt: 13.8 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 6.9 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 7.1 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 8.7 mi
- World of Energy: 11.7 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 15.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 6.9 mi
- English Garden: 6.9 mi
- Common Gardening: 11.0 mi
- Common Gardening: 11.1 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 19.8 mi
- El Lieutenant: 13.6 mi
- Raven Cliff: 13.6 mi
- Dunns Rock: 16.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 17.3 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 18.2 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 6.8 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 14.8 mi
- Tiny Town: 17.4 mi
- Howard's Rock: 18.6 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 19.6 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 14.6 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 17.7 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 20.9 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 23.1 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 23.2 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 6.5 mi
- North Beach: 9.8 mi
- South Beach: 11.2 mi
- East Beach: 18.9 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 19.4 mi
- South: 11.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Picnic Tables Area: 24.9 mi
- Cool Spring: 10.1 mi
- Indian Spring: 14.2 mi
- Moody Spring: 16.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Cedar Rock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | N 10° | 1,087 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,063 m | 7.5 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,041 m | 7.0 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NNE 14° | 1,003 m | 6.8 mi |
| Whiteoak Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,002 m | 8.9 mi |
| Caesars Head | N 8° | 978 m | 7.6 mi |
| Table Rock | NE 38° | 953 m | 9.1 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | N 9° | 929 m | 6.7 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1231150 — Cedar Rock Mountain, Pickens County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357095850
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