Kirksey Mountain
Kirksey Mountain rises to 456 m in South Carolina. Hickorynut Mountain stands 1,063 m to the north, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Peach Orchard Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in South Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31657743, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 456 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 15.2 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 15.8 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 16.0 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 10 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 15 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 16 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Silver Ribbon Falls: 2.6 mi
- Allie's Falls: 2.7 mi
- Mizelle Falls: 2.8 mi
- Spelunker Falls: 4.2 mi
- Crosscut Falls: 4.3 mi
- Pickens Recreation Center: 4.1 mi
- Jaycee Park: 4.4 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 4.9 mi
- Pickens Doodle Park: 5.2 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 5.8 mi
- Peach Orchard Mountain: 1.5 mi
- McGullion Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Carlton Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Woodall Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Turkey Cock Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 16.3 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 16.4 mi
- Paper Airplane: 16.5 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 16.5 mi
- P211.t45.2001: 16.6 mi
- Cateechee Mill: 9.6 mi
- Dedicated to Veterans World War: 10.2 mi
- Veterans memorial: 11.8 mi
- Julien D. Wyatt: 11.8 mi
- Looper Memorial Marker: 12.2 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 5.0 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 5.1 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 9.9 mi
- World of Energy: 10.2 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 13.0 mi
- English Garden: 5.0 mi
- Common Gardening: 9.8 mi
- Trail Roundabout: 19.4 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 19.7 mi
- Asia Garden: 19.9 mi
- Raven Cliff: 15.1 mi
- El Lieutenant: 15.2 mi
- Dunns Rock: 19.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 19.3 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 19.4 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 4.8 mi
- Tiny Town: 15.7 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 16.1 mi
- Howard's Rock: 16.4 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 18.9 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 8.2 mi
- North Beach: 8.8 mi
- South Beach: 10.1 mi
- East Beach: 16.7 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 21.8 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 12.4 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 18.6 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 23.2 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 24.6 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 24.8 mi
- South: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Tables Area: 23.6 mi
- Pavilion 2: 24.2 mi
- Pavilion 1: 24.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 12.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 12.6 mi
- Moody Spring: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Kirksey Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickorynut Mountain | N 7° | 1,063 m | 9.6 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | NNE 17° | 1,041 m | 8.8 mi |
| Rock Mountain | N 5° | 1,003 m | 9.0 mi |
| Caesars Head | N 1° | 978 m | 9.9 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | N 1° | 929 m | 9.0 mi |
| Sunfish Mountain | NNE 14° | 883 m | 10.2 mi |
| Flatrock Mountain | NNW 344° | 879 m | 10.4 mi |
| Chimneytop | N 355° | 852 m | 10.2 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 | 20:11 | 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: 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357096006
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