Gilstrap Mountain
Gilstrap Mountain rises to 384 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the north-northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway runs past it.
The story
Mountain in South Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31657056, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 384 m
How to reach it
- On the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 11.1 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 11.8 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 12.3 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 10 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 11 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 11 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Buzzard Roost Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Little Pink Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Dug Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Cedar Creek Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 0.7 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 3.7 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 5.7 mi
- DAR Monument: 7.8 mi
- Pickens Recreation Center: 8.2 mi
- Triple Falls: 1.0 mi
- Pork Chop Falls: 1.3 mi
- Spelunker Falls: 1.6 mi
- Crosscut Falls: 1.6 mi
- Mizelle Falls: 1.8 mi
- Cateechee Mill: 13.1 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 13.4 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 13.5 mi
- Dedicated to Veterans World War: 14.4 mi
- Looper Memorial Marker: 15.1 mi
- El Lieutenant: 14.5 mi
- Raven Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Dunns Rock: 16.9 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 17.1 mi
- Castle Rock: 17.3 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 19.2 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 19.2 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 19.3 mi
- All In: 19.4 mi
- Paper Airplane: 19.4 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 9.1 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 9.2 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 10.0 mi
- World of Energy: 11.5 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 16.4 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 9.0 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 15.8 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 18.5 mi
- Howard's Rock: 19.2 mi
- Tiny Town: 19.6 mi
- English Garden: 9.1 mi
- Common Gardening: 10.6 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 19.6 mi
- Trail Roundabout: 22.5 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 22.8 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 16.7 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 18.9 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 20.5 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 20.8 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 20.9 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 4.3 mi
- North Beach: 9.2 mi
- South Beach: 10.7 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 17.6 mi
- East Beach: 19.4 mi
- Cool Spring: 8.7 mi
- Moody Spring: 14.1 mi
- Indian Spring: 14.7 mi
- South: 10.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Gilstrap Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,087 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,063 m | 7.7 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | NE 46° | 1,041 m | 7.7 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,003 m | 7.0 mi |
| Caesars Head | NNE 25° | 978 m | 7.5 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | NNE 28° | 929 m | 6.7 mi |
| Round Mountain | N 354° | 890 m | 8.7 mi |
| Sunfish Mountain | NE 38° | 883 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 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: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pickens, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357095910
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