Glassy Mountain
Glassy Mountain rises to 848 m in South Carolina. Hogback Mountain stands 978 m to the northeast, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Glassy Rock, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q2200589, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 848 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 5.8 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 9.0 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 17.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 11 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 16 mi
- Devil's Head · 21 mi
- Opera Box · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bryant Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Rich Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Tillet Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Hoghead Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Brenda Falls: 2.9 mi
- Cave Falls: 2.9 mi
- Lower Cave Falls: 2.9 mi
- Upper Cave Falls: 2.9 mi
- Moonshiners Falls: 3.2 mi
- Chestnut Spring Pool: 3.0 mi
- Blue Ridge Forest Clubhouse: 3.0 mi
- Blue Ridge Forest Tennis Courts: 3.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Forest Swimming Pool: 3.1 mi
- Ruins Of A Portable Saw Mill: 4.0 mi
- Les Mullinax Park: 5.2 mi
- Campbell's Covered Bridge Park: 5.4 mi
- David Jackson Park: 6.0 mi
- McCreery Park: 6.8 mi
- Woodland Park: 7.1 mi
- Maria: 7.6 mi
- Orange Bear: 10.0 mi
- Lake Robinson RV Park: 10.2 mi
- Springtime in TR: 13.5 mi
- Honey: 14.0 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 11.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 15.4 mi
- Asia Garden: 15.5 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 15.8 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 6.9 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
- Landrum Depot: 8.6 mi
- Polk County History Museum: 10.9 mi
- House of Flags: 11.1 mi
- Pacolet River Passenger Car: 8.6 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 11.3 mi
- Historical Downtown: 14.2 mi
- Southern X793: 14.3 mi
- Suber's Corn Mill: 14.8 mi
- Glassy Rock: 0.2 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 6.6 mi
- Long Rock: 13.3 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 13.6 mi
- High Rocks: 14.1 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 13.5 mi
- Triple Oak Farm: 14.7 mi
- South Tyger River Blueways Tract: 18.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 14.0 mi
- Chick Springs: 14.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 15.0 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Glassy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | NE 47° | 978 m | 3.4 mi |
| Big Top | WNW 282° | 929 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mackerel Mountain | WNW 287° | 926 m | 8.9 mi |
| Corbin Mountain | WNW 291° | 924 m | 6.0 mi |
| Rich Mountain | N 358° | 922 m | 1.2 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | WNW 301° | 921 m | 0.8 mi |
| McCarrol Mountain | WNW 288° | 909 m | 8.2 mi |
| Long Mountain | WNW 296° | 896 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:43 | 17:22 |
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 | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tryon, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357095912
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