Lydia Mountain
Lydia Mountain rises to 406 m in South Carolina. Ellicott Mountain stands 1,137 m to the northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Tommys Knob, a peak 1.4 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31658137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 406 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 7.0 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 8.9 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 14.3 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 9 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 9 mi
- Rainbow Falls · 13 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tommys Knob: 1.4 mi
- Smeltzer Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Tater Hill: 3.7 mi
- McKinneys Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Boast Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
- Bad Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
- Clearwater Falls: 5.4 mi
- Lower Poe Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Middle Poe Creek Falls: 5.9 mi
- DAR Monument: 4.8 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 5.0 mi
- Garage: 5.9 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 6.5 mi
- Oconee Station State Historic Site: 6.9 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 5.0 mi
- Oconee Station: 6.7 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Chattooga Town: 11.3 mi
- Cateechee Mill: 14.2 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 12.1 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 12.7 mi
- Sunset Rock: 15.6 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 15.9 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 17.5 mi
- World of Energy: 8.4 mi
- Oconee Military Museum at Patriots Hall: 10.9 mi
- Oconee History Museum: 10.9 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina: 10.9 mi
- Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum: 15.2 mi
- All In: 17.2 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 17.2 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 17.3 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 17.4 mi
- Six Degrees of Freedom: 17.5 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 10.9 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 15.0 mi
- Howard's Rock: 17.2 mi
- 12 Spies Vineyards: 22.7 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 23.3 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 15.6 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 16.0 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 16.4 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 17.5 mi
- North Beach: 5.6 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 5.8 mi
- South Beach: 6.7 mi
- East Beach: 17.0 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 18.5 mi
- Common Gardening: 6.8 mi
- Common Gardening: 6.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 15.3 mi
- English Garden: 15.3 mi
- Moody Spring: 7.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 13.2 mi
- Cool Spring: 13.3 mi
- South: 6.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Lydia Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellicott Mountain | NW 325° | 1,137 m | 9.8 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,125 m | 9.4 mi |
| Grassy Knob | NNW 341° | 1,040 m | 9.2 mi |
| Fork Mountain | NW 316° | 992 m | 8.7 mi |
| Medlin Mountain | NW 310° | 954 m | 8.0 mi |
| Persimmon Mountain | NW 326° | 933 m | 7.5 mi |
| Burrells Mountain | NW 308° | 911 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bee Bait Mountain | WNW 299° | 911 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1229961 — Lydia Mountain, Oconee County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357094311
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