Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 521 m in South Carolina. Grassy Top Mountain stands 993 m to the west-northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Les Mullinax Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31656598, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 521 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 8.8 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 9.2 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 19.6 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 11 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 11 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 16 mi
- Exclamation Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Les Mullinax Park: 1.0 mi
- Pleasant Ridge Park: 3.9 mi
- Slater Hall Community Center: 7.3 mi
- David Jackson Park: 7.4 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 7.6 mi
- Hyde Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Hightower Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Calahan Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mill Knob: 2.0 mi
- Big Falls: 3.6 mi
- Pleasant Ridge Falls: 4.0 mi
- Awanita Falls: 4.1 mi
- Zen Falls: 5.0 mi
- Sidewinder Falls: 5.2 mi
- Zonolite Vermiculite Mine: 4.5 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 4.8 mi
- Joel Poinsett Home Ruins: 4.9 mi
- Echo Valley Amusement Park chairlift pillar concrete pad: 6.6 mi
- Mountain View School: 6.7 mi
- Maria: 10.0 mi
- Springtime in TR: 10.6 mi
- Lake Robinson RV Park: 10.7 mi
- Honey: 11.1 mi
- Softball statue: 13.5 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 9.3 mi
- History Museum of Travelers Rest: 11.2 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 12.0 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 13.2 mi
- Landrum Depot: 13.5 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 12.1 mi
- Asia Garden: 12.9 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 13.2 mi
- Labyrinth: 13.3 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 8.4 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 11.9 mi
- Pacolet River Passenger Car: 13.4 mi
- Old Southern 1046 rail car: 13.5 mi
- Historical Downtown: 14.1 mi
- Glassy Rock: 5.0 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 9.1 mi
- Long Rock: 9.5 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 10.4 mi
- High Rocks: 12.4 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 13.9 mi
- Triple Oak Farm: 19.2 mi
- South Tyger River Blueways Tract: 20.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 13.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 14.3 mi
- Chick Springs: 14.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grassy Top Mountain | WNW 295° | 993 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bald Rock | WNW 298° | 990 m | 9.2 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | ENE 61° | 978 m | 8.1 mi |
| Standingstone Mountain | WNW 283° | 978 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hammond Mountain | NNW 332° | 963 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 306° | 954 m | 6.1 mi |
| Rush Mountain | NNW 342° | 943 m | 9.0 mi |
| Big Top | NW 309° | 929 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:43 | 17:22 |
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 | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tryon, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1221560 — Chestnut Mountain, Greenville County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357082414
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