Chimneytop
Chimneytop rises to 852 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the east-northeast, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Beech Bottom Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31656615, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 852 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 6.1 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 6.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 9.3 mi off the Whitewater Way
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 7 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 8 mi
- Rainbow Falls · 9 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beech Bottom Falls: 0.4 mi
- Rocky Bottom Gorge Falls: 1.1 mi
- Rock Bottom Falls: 1.2 mi
- Persistence Falls: 1.3 mi
- Firefly Falls: 1.4 mi
- Caesars Head: 1.1 mi
- Sassafras Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Roundtop Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Flatrock Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Indian Camp Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Table Rock State Park Historic District: 5.7 mi
- Champion Park: 6.0 mi
- Table Rock State Park Headquarters and Visitor Center: 6.8 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 7.5 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 8.7 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 10.7 mi
- Lake Wattacoo: 12.8 mi
- Jennings Mill: 14.9 mi
- Trestle ruins: 15.0 mi
- Looper Memorial Marker: 15.3 mi
- El Lieutenant: 8.8 mi
- Raven Cliff: 9.1 mi
- Dunns Rock: 9.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 10.0 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 13.8 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 10.4 mi
- M1: 12.5 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 13.3 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 18.5 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 19.0 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 20.9 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 21.9 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 21.9 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 7.0 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 12.7 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 13.2 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 13.5 mi
- World of Energy: 18.9 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 12.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 13.2 mi
- English Garden: 13.3 mi
- Common Gardening: 18.0 mi
- Common Gardening: 18.0 mi
- Springtime in TR: 21.6 mi
- Honey: 21.6 mi
- Softball statue: 22.4 mi
- Doughboy: 22.8 mi
- We all Need Safe Places To Walk and Ride: 23.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 4.5 mi
- Moody Spring: 18.0 mi
- Indian Spring: 21.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.8 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 8.8 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 14.0 mi
- North Beach: 16.5 mi
- South Beach: 18.1 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- South: 18.1 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Chimneytop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,087 m | 1.6 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | ESE 106° | 1,063 m | 2.2 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,041 m | 3.9 mi |
| Indian Camp Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,027 m | 1.9 mi |
| Slicking Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,013 m | 6.5 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | NNW 333° | 1,011 m | 2.1 mi |
| Rock Mountain | SE 126° | 1,003 m | 2.1 mi |
| Whiteoak Mountain | ENE 77° | 1,002 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 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: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Table Rock, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1231167 — Chimneytop, Pickens County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357095860
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