Henry Knob
Henry Knob rises to 344 m in South Carolina. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the north-northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Roosevelt Park, a park 2.5 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 4.4 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Henry's Knob is a mountain and Superfund Alternative Site in York County South Carolina at 1,120 ft (340 m) above sea level. It is near the North Carolina border and the town of Clover, South Carolina. The mountain was the site of an open-pit kyanite mine, which was under operation from 1947 to 1970. At the time of its discovery, the deposit of kyanite on the mountain was the world's largest United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) testing has determined that approximately 450 residences in the vicinity relying on well water are affected by groundwater contamination from the former mine. The mountain was stripped of approximately 100 feet (30 m) due to the mining operations. Today, the site is overgrown, with many pits and waste ponds still evident. While some efforts have been made to repopulate the site with vegetation, little cleanup of the dangerous minerals (including Manganese) has been done.
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Wikidata Q5716875, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 344 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 22.4 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 23.5 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Named places within 25 miles
- Roosevelt Park: 2.5 mi
- New Centre Park: 3.8 mi
- Clover Community Park: 4.0 mi
- Vision Park at Restoration Point: 4.1 mi
- Davis Park: 6.6 mi
- METALmorphosis: 18.5 mi
- Tidal Wave Bay: 18.6 mi
- Storm Surge: 18.7 mi
- Hurricane Falls: 18.7 mi
- Baseball Water Tower: 18.7 mi
- Russel McConnel Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Blacksburg: 13.7 mi
- The Other Side Of The River: 13.7 mi
- Thánh Giuse: 18.2 mi
- Flash: 18.5 mi
- Major William Chronicle / Captain John Mattocks / William Rabb / John Boyd: 6.0 mi
- To The Memory Of Colonel Patrick Ferguson: 6.0 mi
- Major Willian Chronicle: 6.0 mi
- This Spot Marks The Spot Where Colonel Fedrick Fambright Was Wounded: 6.0 mi
- In Honor Of Lieutenant Colonel James Hawthorn: 6.0 mi
- Kings Mountain Historical Museum: 8.4 mi
- McCelvey Center: 9.9 mi
- American Military Museum: 10.3 mi
- Schiele Museum: 10.7 mi
- Gaston County Museum: 13.9 mi
- Kings Pinnacle: 5.7 mi
- Kings Mountain Church: 5.9 mi
- Kings Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Joes Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Crowders Mountain: 7.0 mi
- James Ross Wildlife Reservation: 11.2 mi
- McDowell Nature Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Thomas M. Winget Nature Preserve: 15.2 mi
- Pharr Yarns - Spencer Mountain Wetland: 15.4 mi
- Iswa Nature Preserve: 16.9 mi
- Two Rivers Utilities Educational Garden: 10.6 mi
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: 12.4 mi
- Wilmore Community Garden: 23.8 mi
- Avondale Giving Community Garden: 24.2 mi
- Courtyard: 24.4 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 12.3 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 14.4 mi
- High Shoals: 18.8 mi
- Sailing Beach: 12.9 mi
- South Point Beach: 15.0 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 19.0 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 20.2 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 19.0 mi
- Limestone Springs: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Henry Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pinnacle | NNW 338° | 520 m | 5.7 mi |
| Crowders Mountain | N 359° | 458 m | 7.0 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | NE 38° | 375 m | 14.6 mi |
| Whitaker Mountain | W 272° | 356 m | 12.9 mi |
| Jackson Knob | NE 48° | 328 m | 7.8 mi |
| Reese Mountain | NNE 24° | 325 m | 22.4 mi |
| Browns Mountain | W 270° | 315 m | 7.4 mi |
| Joes Mountain | W 273° | 312 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:06 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 63 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gastonia Muni AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357115895
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- Charlotte/Uptown · 25 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 26 mi
- Charlotte Metro · 26 mi
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