Collins Mountain
Collins Mountain rises to 345 m in South Carolina. Tryon Peak stands 986 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Holston Creek Park, a park 2.0 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 5.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in South Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31656683, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 345 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 12.1 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 18.9 mi off the Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway
- 21.3 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 24 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 26 mi
- Vista Rock · 28 mi
- Opera Box · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Holston Creek Park: 2.0 mi
- Inman Mills Park: 3.2 mi
- Lake Lyman Park: 3.6 mi
- Leroy Mathis Park: 3.6 mi
- Sealy Park: 3.8 mi
- Jackson Eugene Cowdrey: 3.5 mi
- Virgil W. Blackwell: 3.6 mi
- Inman Veterans Monument: 3.7 mi
- Old Rutherford Road: 5.0 mi
- Hampton Massacre: 5.8 mi
- Maria: 6.2 mi
- Chicken Statue: 7.0 mi
- Bailey the Fox: 7.6 mi
- Greer Rexall Drugs: 7.7 mi
- Tube Dude: 8.2 mi
- Frey Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
- Moonshiners Falls: 11.1 mi
- Lower Cave Falls: 11.3 mi
- Cave Falls: 11.3 mi
- Upper Cave Falls: 11.3 mi
- Windmill Hill: 3.7 mi
- August Hill: 8.5 mi
- Pax Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Squirrel Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Bird Mountain: 11.0 mi
- Greer Heritage Museum: 7.7 mi
- BMW Zentrum: 9.9 mi
- Landrum Depot: 10.3 mi
- Model Trains Station: 10.8 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 13.2 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.6 mi
- Greer Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Xeric Garden: 9.9 mi
- International Peace Garden: 10.0 mi
- South Tyger River Blueways Tract: 7.1 mi
- Triple Oak Farm: 7.3 mi
- Upper Chinquapin Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Cleveland Preserve Farm: 13.5 mi
- AH-1: 7.9 mi
- BMW Performance Center: 8.9 mi
- Suber's Corn Mill: 9.4 mi
- Pacolet River Passenger Car: 10.3 mi
- Roper Mountain Science Center: 15.9 mi
- Commons Building Outdoor seating area: 15.8 mi
- Pavilion 1: 16.4 mi
- Pavilion 2: 16.4 mi
- Picnic Tables Area: 17.0 mi
- Twin Bridges Pavilion: 20.8 mi
- Chick Springs: 10.5 mi
- Whitestone Springs: 22.2 mi
- Greythorne Retention Pond: 23.0 mi
- Glenn Springs: 23.5 mi
- Glassy Rock: 12.5 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 15.7 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Collins Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tryon Peak | NNW 342° | 986 m | 17.0 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 321° | 978 m | 12.4 mi |
| White Oak Mountain | NNW 349° | 940 m | 17.6 mi |
| Rich Mountain | NW 310° | 922 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | NW 305° | 921 m | 13.5 mi |
| Hoghead Mountain | NW 315° | 893 m | 12.9 mi |
| Evans Mountain | NW 311° | 853 m | 17.2 mi |
| Glassy Mountain | NW 305° | 848 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:42 | 17:21 |
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 | 43 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greer, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1231186 — Collins Mountain, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357095864
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