Gallbuster Mountain
Gallbuster Mountain rises to 638 m in South Carolina. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the north, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Whitewater Way passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in South Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31657024, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 638 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 4.6 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 5.4 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 8.5 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 2 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 5 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 17 mi
- View Herrin Knob Overlook (MP 424.4) · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Falls: 0.9 mi
- Standing Stone Falls: 1.1 mi
- Rich Falls: 1.3 mi
- Lower Whitewater Falls: 1.4 mi
- Hilliard Falls: 1.6 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 3.9 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Silver Run Falls: 5.5 mi
- McKinney Meadow: 8.4 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 8.7 mi
- Whitewater Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Misery Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Licklog Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Musterground Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Hester Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 8.3 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 9.8 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 10.7 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 11.1 mi
- Sunset Rock: 11.9 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 7.4 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 11.5 mi
- Oconee Station: 13.9 mi
- Chattooga Town: 14.0 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 19.1 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 12.0 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 16.4 mi
- World of Energy: 16.9 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 18.4 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 18.6 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 14.5 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 18.3 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 19.2 mi
- M1: 19.4 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 20.0 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 12.3 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 18.7 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 5.6 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 9.6 mi
- North Beach: 13.9 mi
- South Beach: 15.3 mi
- Common Gardening: 15.4 mi
- English Garden: 18.4 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 19.0 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 22.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 6.4 mi
- Moody Spring: 8.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 21.3 mi
- South: 15.3 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Ear: 22.0 mi
- Chalice: 22.4 mi
- American Eclipse: 22.4 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Gallbuster Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxaway Mountain | N 357° | 1,452 m | 6.9 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | NW 314° | 1,401 m | 6.9 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | NNW 344° | 1,392 m | 7.6 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NNW 344° | 1,386 m | 7.7 mi |
| Terrapin Mountain | WNW 282° | 1,357 m | 6.6 mi |
| Sassafras Mountain | NW 316° | 1,335 m | 4.8 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NW 316° | 1,322 m | 7.6 mi |
| Little Terrapin Mountain | WNW 299° | 1,235 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1231305 — Gallbuster Mountain, Oconee County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357095908
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