Glassy Mountain
Glassy Mountain rises to 502 m in South Carolina. Hickorynut Mountain stands 1,063 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cannon Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 8.2 miles off.
The story
Glassy Mountain is a mountain close to Pickens, South Carolina, USA, in northwestern South Carolina, with a summit elevation of 1,703 feet (519 m) above mean sea level. While it is an isolated monadnock, it is still close to the Blue Ridge, providing views of nearby summits such as Table Rock and Caesar's Head as well as Greenville. The mountain gets its name from a large, bare, granite face on its north side. At the top of this rock face are small springs that trickle down the mountain, giving it a "glassy" appearance in the sun. It is easily accessible, as a small service road for transmitter towers leads to the summit. Local high schoolers often paint the rock face with graduation years. These year numbers can be so large as to be seen on aerial imaging of the mountain
This mountain is often confused with another Glassy Mountain located in Greenville County, South Carolina, which is nearby. Glassy Mountain in Greenville County has a higher elevation of 2,782 feet and is not a monadnock as it is connected to other mountains. It is also home to the Cliffs at Glassy Mountain golf course community. In 1990, owners Pat McCoy and Thomas Atkinson sold Glassy Mountain to the South Carolina Heritage Trust Program, which designated it Glass Mountain Heritage Preserve.
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Wikidata Q2502734, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 502 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 19.6 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 21.9 mi off the Whitewater Way
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 9 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 13 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 21 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pickens Doodle Park: 2.7 mi
- Rotary Park: 2.7 mi
- Jaycee Park: 3.1 mi
- Pickens Recreation Center: 3.3 mi
- Easley Doodle Park: 5.1 mi
- Adams Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- Alewine Falls: 8.7 mi
- Rachael Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
- Middle Rachael Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
- Lower Yucca Falls: 8.9 mi
- Cannon Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Bullard Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Cedar Rock Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Langley Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Hickory Nut Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Looper Memorial Marker: 5.6 mi
- Veterans memorial: 5.7 mi
- Julien D. Wyatt: 5.9 mi
- Kimberly Hampton Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Dedicated to Veterans World War: 7.9 mi
- Softball statue: 12.3 mi
- We all Need Safe Places To Walk and Ride: 12.6 mi
- Doughboy: 12.6 mi
- Honey: 12.9 mi
- Springtime in TR: 13.1 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 2.8 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 2.9 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 9.0 mi
- History Museum of Travelers Rest: 13.0 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 14.0 mi
- English Garden: 2.8 mi
- Trail Roundabout: 12.2 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 12.6 mi
- Labyrinth: 12.8 mi
- Asia Garden: 12.8 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 3.1 mi
- Tiny Town: 8.7 mi
- Old Southern 1046 rail car: 12.2 mi
- Steamer Car: 12.5 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 14.3 mi
- Raven Cliff: 13.8 mi
- El Lieutenant: 14.1 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Dunns Rock: 19.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 20.0 mi
- Indian Spring: 15.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 17.5 mi
- Chick Springs: 21.1 mi
- Mineral Spring: 22.1 mi
- Greythorne Retention Pond: 23.7 mi
- South: 15.9 mi
- Picnic Tables Area: 16.4 mi
- Pavilion 2: 16.9 mi
- Pavilion 1: 16.9 mi
- Commons Building Outdoor seating area: 21.0 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 7.4 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 22.0 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 24.7 mi
- North Beach: 15.0 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 15.2 mi
- South Beach: 15.9 mi
- East Beach: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Glassy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickorynut Mountain | NNW 330° | 1,063 m | 11.9 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | NNW 333° | 1,041 m | 10.3 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NNW 326° | 1,003 m | 11.7 mi |
| Table Rock | NNW 347° | 953 m | 10.6 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | NW 324° | 929 m | 12.1 mi |
| Sunfish Mountain | NNW 336° | 883 m | 11.7 mi |
| Horse Mountain | NW 321° | 845 m | 10.6 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NNW 343° | 845 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1222717 — Glassy Mountain, Pickens County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357084145
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