Howell Mountain
Howell Mountain rises to 510 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the north-northeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Gap Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31657488, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 510 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 10.4 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 11.1 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 11.1 mi off the Whitewater Way
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 9 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 10 mi
- Rainbow Falls · 11 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Horse Gap Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Wadakoe Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Sharp Top Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pink Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 2.2 mi
- Divinity Falls: 2.4 mi
- Never Ending Falls: 2.5 mi
- Mizelle Falls: 2.6 mi
- Triple Falls: 2.6 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 2.2 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 5.5 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 6.0 mi
- Table Rock State Park Historic District: 7.9 mi
- Table Rock State Park Headquarters and Visitor Center: 8.0 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 14.3 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 14.3 mi
- Looper Memorial Marker: 14.5 mi
- Cateechee Mill: 14.7 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 14.9 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 21.0 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 21.0 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 21.1 mi
- All In: 21.2 mi
- Paper Airplane: 21.2 mi
- El Lieutenant: 12.7 mi
- Raven Cliff: 12.8 mi
- Dunns Rock: 15.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 15.3 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 17.3 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 8.5 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 9.6 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 9.8 mi
- World of Energy: 13.5 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 18.1 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 9.6 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 14.1 mi
- M1: 18.0 mi
- Tiny Town: 19.7 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 20.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 9.6 mi
- English Garden: 9.6 mi
- Common Gardening: 12.6 mi
- Common Gardening: 12.6 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 17.6 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 17.4 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 18.6 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 21.2 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 21.2 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 5.0 mi
- North Beach: 11.1 mi
- South Beach: 12.7 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 16.6 mi
- East Beach: 21.2 mi
- Cool Spring: 7.3 mi
- Moody Spring: 15.1 mi
- Indian Spring: 16.6 mi
- South: 12.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Howell Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,087 m | 6.3 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | NE 36° | 1,063 m | 5.8 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | NE 54° | 1,041 m | 6.0 mi |
| Indian Camp Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,027 m | 7.3 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | N 3° | 1,011 m | 7.2 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NE 36° | 1,003 m | 5.0 mi |
| Whiteoak Mountain | NE 34° | 1,002 m | 7.2 mi |
| Caesars Head | NNE 25° | 978 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1231407 — Howell Mountain, Pickens County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357095973
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