Hickory Top
Hickory Top rises to 738 m in South Carolina. Glade Mountain stands 1,060 m to the north, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Reed Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31657304, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 738 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 7.5 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 10.2 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 10.2 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 12 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 12 mi
- Dry Falls Viewing Platform · 12 mi
- Rainbow Falls · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Reed Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Brack Hill: 0.8 mi
- Little Stakey Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Russell Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Big Stakey Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Ira Branch Falls: 1.0 mi
- Licklog Falls: 1.9 mi
- Pigpen Falls: 1.9 mi
- Upper Pigpen Falls: 1.9 mi
- Snider Falls: 2.6 mi
- Chattooga Wild and Scenic River: 3.2 mi
- Cherry Hill Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Station Creek Cove Botanical Area: 6.1 mi
- Oconee Station State Historic Site: 6.2 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 8.6 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 10.1 mi
- Oconee Military Museum at Patriots Hall: 11.1 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina: 11.1 mi
- Oconee History Museum: 11.1 mi
- The Foxfire Museum: 13.9 mi
- Chattooga Town: 1.1 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 5.7 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Oconee Station: 6.3 mi
- Cobbs Bridge: 13.2 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 9.2 mi
- Sunset Rock: 9.7 mi
- The Catstairs: 10.9 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 11.1 mi
- All In: 23.6 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 23.8 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 23.9 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 24.0 mi
- Six Degrees of Freedom: 24.0 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 11.1 mi
- 12 Spies Vineyards: 12.6 mi
- Stonewall Creek Vineyards Tasting Room: 19.0 mi
- forest service Rd 27: 23.0 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 23.1 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 9.2 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 14.2 mi
- North Beach: 14.4 mi
- South Beach: 14.7 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 19.5 mi
- East Beach: 23.3 mi
- Moody Spring: 4.4 mi
- Cool Spring: 19.4 mi
- Indian Spring: 20.9 mi
- Big Spring: 21.2 mi
- Common Gardening: 14.9 mi
- Common Gardening: 15.0 mi
- Franklin Garden: 22.8 mi
- South: 14.7 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 19.5 mi
- Burton: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Hickory Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glade Mountain | N 5° | 1,060 m | 6.5 mi |
| Glade Mountain | N 9° | 1,005 m | 6.2 mi |
| Redside Mountain | NNE 15° | 982 m | 6.0 mi |
| Drip Nose Mountain | N 10° | 975 m | 5.6 mi |
| Medlin Mountain | NE 41° | 954 m | 6.1 mi |
| Bee Bait Mountain | NNE 17° | 911 m | 4.7 mi |
| Burrells Mountain | NE 47° | 911 m | 5.9 mi |
| Ridley Mountain | NE 45° | 888 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:47 | 17:26 |
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 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 8.1 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jocassee 8 WNW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357084738
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