Laurel Fork Mountain
Laurel Fork Mountain rises to 780 m in South Carolina. Rocky Knobs stands 1,139 m to the northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cane Creek Falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in South Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31657794, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 780 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 7.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 7.0 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 8.9 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 6 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 8 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 11 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cane Creek Falls: 1.0 mi
- Laurel Fork Falls: 1.0 mi
- Monolith Falls: 1.1 mi
- Devils Hole Creek Falls: 1.2 mi
- Deception Falls: 1.5 mi
- McKinney Mountain: 1.2 mi
- High Knob: 1.4 mi
- Bully Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Bryant Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Diana Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 3.5 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 4.6 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 6.9 mi
- Champion Park: 9.2 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 11.7 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 13.9 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 15.8 mi
- Oconee Station: 16.1 mi
- Lake Wattacoo: 17.7 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 13.7 mi
- El Lieutenant: 13.9 mi
- Raven Cliff: 14.2 mi
- Dunns Rock: 14.4 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 14.5 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 11.1 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 13.7 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 13.9 mi
- World of Energy: 15.4 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 16.9 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 13.6 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 15.5 mi
- M1: 16.9 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 17.6 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 20.5 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 17.0 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 17.7 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 18.3 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 23.7 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 23.7 mi
- All In: 23.8 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 23.9 mi
- Paper Airplane: 23.9 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 3.9 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 12.6 mi
- North Beach: 12.7 mi
- South Beach: 14.3 mi
- East Beach: 23.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 4.1 mi
- Moody Spring: 12.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 19.2 mi
- English Garden: 13.7 mi
- Common Gardening: 14.2 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- South: 14.3 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Laurel Fork Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Knobs | NW 308° | 1,139 m | 6.9 mi |
| Sassafras Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,087 m | 6.7 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,063 m | 6.9 mi |
| Roundtop | NW 322° | 1,051 m | 7.4 mi |
| Indian Camp Mountain | NE 48° | 1,027 m | 6.8 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | NE 37° | 1,011 m | 5.8 mi |
| Rock Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,003 m | 6.3 mi |
| Nancy Mountain | NNE 28° | 978 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:12 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357116258
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