Horse Mountain
Horse Mountain rises to 845 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the north, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Palmetto Trail Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31426655, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 845 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 9.2 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 9.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 11.8 mi off the Whitewater Way
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 5 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 11 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 11 mi
- Rainbow Falls · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Palmetto Trail Falls: 0.7 mi
- Eden Falls: 0.7 mi
- Lower Poplar Hollow Falls: 0.8 mi
- Mountain Cat Falls: 0.9 mi
- Poplar Hollow Falls: 0.9 mi
- Rock Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Rich Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Roundtop Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Little Rock Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Hickorynut Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Table Rock State Park Historic District: 4.3 mi
- Table Rock State Park Headquarters and Visitor Center: 4.8 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 6.1 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 9.0 mi
- Champion Park: 9.0 mi
- Springtime in TR: 19.4 mi
- Honey: 19.4 mi
- Softball statue: 20.0 mi
- Doughboy: 20.4 mi
- We all Need Safe Places To Walk and Ride: 21.2 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 10.5 mi
- Lake Wattacoo: 12.1 mi
- Looper Memorial Marker: 12.7 mi
- Jennings Mill: 14.2 mi
- Trestle ruins: 14.2 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 5.2 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 10.2 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 10.4 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 15.0 mi
- World of Energy: 16.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 10.2 mi
- English Garden: 10.2 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Common Gardening: 16.2 mi
- Common Gardening: 16.2 mi
- El Lieutenant: 8.9 mi
- Raven Cliff: 9.0 mi
- Dunns Rock: 11.6 mi
- Castle Rock: 11.9 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 13.8 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 10.3 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 10.3 mi
- M1: 14.8 mi
- Tiny Town: 19.0 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 19.4 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 13.6 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 17.8 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 23.2 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 23.5 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 8.5 mi
- North Beach: 14.8 mi
- South Beach: 16.3 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 16.8 mi
- East Beach: 24.2 mi
- Cool Spring: 7.1 mi
- Moody Spring: 18.4 mi
- Indian Spring: 19.5 mi
- South: 16.3 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Horse Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | N 360° | 1,087 m | 3.1 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | NNE 17° | 1,063 m | 2.2 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | ENE 65° | 1,041 m | 2.2 mi |
| Indian Camp Mountain | N 349° | 1,027 m | 4.6 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | NNW 332° | 1,011 m | 5.2 mi |
| Rock Mountain | N 6° | 1,003 m | 1.5 mi |
| Whiteoak Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,002 m | 3.5 mi |
| Dolves Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,001 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 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: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Table Rock, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357095965
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