McKinney Mountain
McKinney Mountain rises to 649 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the northeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is High Knob, a peak 0.3 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31658218, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 649 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 7.5 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 8.0 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 8.9 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 7 mi
- Rainbow Falls · 8 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 9 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Knob: 0.3 mi
- Diana Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Laurel Fork Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Cane Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Monolith Falls: 0.3 mi
- Deception Falls: 0.4 mi
- Cane Creek Falls: 0.9 mi
- Never Ending Falls: 1.3 mi
- Divinity Falls: 1.4 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 4.0 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 4.4 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 6.8 mi
- Table Rock State Park Historic District: 9.0 mi
- Champion Park: 9.1 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 12.8 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 14.6 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 14.8 mi
- Oconee Station: 16.7 mi
- Lake Wattacoo: 16.7 mi
- El Lieutenant: 13.0 mi
- Raven Cliff: 13.2 mi
- Dunns Rock: 13.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 14.2 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 14.9 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 10.0 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 12.7 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 12.9 mi
- World of Energy: 15.3 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 16.6 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 23.4 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 23.4 mi
- All In: 23.5 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 23.5 mi
- Paper Airplane: 23.6 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 12.6 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 14.6 mi
- M1: 16.5 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 18.5 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 20.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 12.7 mi
- English Garden: 12.7 mi
- Common Gardening: 14.2 mi
- Common Gardening: 14.2 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 16.1 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 16.8 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 18.2 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 18.8 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 18.8 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 18.9 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 4.3 mi
- North Beach: 12.7 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 13.5 mi
- South Beach: 14.3 mi
- East Beach: 23.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 4.4 mi
- Moody Spring: 13.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 18.9 mi
- South: 14.3 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of McKinney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | NE 55° | 1,087 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,063 m | 5.9 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | E 80° | 1,041 m | 6.9 mi |
| Indian Camp Mountain | NE 40° | 1,027 m | 6.2 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,011 m | 5.4 mi |
| Rock Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,003 m | 5.3 mi |
| Whiteoak Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,002 m | 7.0 mi |
| Caesars Head | ENE 58° | 978 m | 5.2 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 | 20:12 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1231532 — McKinney Mountain, Pickens County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357096054
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