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Cooks Mount

Cooks Mount, seen from above at true elevation

Cooks Mount rises to 107 m in South Carolina. Spring Hill stands 149 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is General Thomas Sumter Memorial, a park 7.5 miles away. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in South Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31656700, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
107 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.98821, -80.64814

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • General Thomas Sumter Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • General Thomas Sumter Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • South Sycamore Park: 9.1 mi
  • North Sycamore Park: 9.2 mi
  • Air Park: 9.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Founders Cove: 16.1 mi
  • Fort Jackson Elementary School: 16.4 mi
  • 8th Infantry Division: 16.8 mi
  • 106th Inf Division: 16.8 mi
  • 102nd Cavalry: 16.8 mi
Artworks: 38
  • Crawfish on Guitar: 20.4 mi
  • Hootie and the Blowfish: 21.1 mi
  • Rubble Without a Cause: 21.1 mi
  • George Rogers Statue: 21.4 mi
  • Gamecocks Statue: 21.4 mi
Museums: 20
  • US Army Chaplain Museum: 16.0 mi
  • U.S. Army Finance Corps Museum: 17.0 mi
  • U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum: 17.0 mi
  • Revolutionary War Visitors Center: 17.1 mi
  • Sumter County Museum: 18.0 mi
Gardens: 17
Peaks: 16
  • Dunns Mount: 7.7 mi
  • Cooners Cattle Mount: 15.3 mi
  • Old Dead River Cattle Mount: 16.0 mi
  • Big Lake Cattle Mount: 16.3 mi
  • Spring Hill: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Pad #4: 16.2 mi
  • Picnic Pad #2: 16.2 mi
  • Picnic Pad #3: 16.3 mi
  • Picnic Pad #1: 16.3 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Atlas Gym and Fitness Center: 17.9 mi
  • SC State Fairgrounds: 21.4 mi
  • USC Smokestack: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Interstate 26 West Rest Area: 23.8 mi
  • Interstate 26 East Rest Area: 23.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Kayaker's Beach: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cooks Mount. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spring HillNE 49°149 m16.5 mi
Sand MountainWSW 249°125 m24.8 mi
Knight HillN 357°118 m21.5 mi
Quinine HillW 277°108 m19.7 mi
Haigs HillSW 233°97 m20.7 mi
Hobkirk HillN 7°89 m19.9 mi
Dunns MountN 353°87 m7.7 mi
Paint HillNNE 16°83 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0219:35
June solstice06:1320:0120:38
September equinox07:1118:4819:21
December solstice07:2516:4017:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475056647178818075655549
Precip in3.83.63.83.03.25.54.54.93.43.43.13.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wedgefield, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357117269

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