McKinney Mountain
McKinney Mountain rises to 359 m in South Carolina. Rock Mountain stands 1,003 m to the northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Poe Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Oconee County, South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31658234, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 359 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 9.7 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 10.3 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 12.2 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 10 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 10 mi
- Rainbow Falls · 11 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lower Poe Creek Falls: 0.3 mi
- Middle Poe Creek Falls: 0.3 mi
- Poe Creek Falls: 0.3 mi
- Clearwater Falls: 1.4 mi
- Pork Chop Falls: 1.4 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 1.4 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 2.1 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 4.4 mi
- DAR Monument: 5.8 mi
- Garage: 7.7 mi
- Dug Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Buzzard Roost Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Cedar Creek Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Gilstrap Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Pine Mountain: 3.0 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 10.8 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 11.2 mi
- Oconee Station: 12.5 mi
- Cateechee Mill: 12.9 mi
- Dedicated to Veterans World War: 15.2 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 15.3 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 16.0 mi
- El Lieutenant: 17.0 mi
- Raven Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 18.1 mi
- World of Energy: 10.0 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 10.7 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 10.8 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 12.7 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 16.0 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 18.2 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 18.3 mi
- All In: 18.3 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 18.4 mi
- Six Degrees of Freedom: 18.5 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 10.6 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 16.0 mi
- Howard's Rock: 18.2 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 18.4 mi
- Tiny Town: 21.4 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 18.0 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 18.9 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 19.1 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 19.3 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Common Gardening: 8.8 mi
- Common Gardening: 8.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 10.7 mi
- English Garden: 10.8 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 21.4 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 2.7 mi
- North Beach: 7.3 mi
- South Beach: 8.9 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 17.4 mi
- East Beach: 18.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 9.5 mi
- Moody Spring: 11.7 mi
- Indian Spring: 13.8 mi
- South: 8.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of McKinney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Mountain | NE 41° | 1,003 m | 9.3 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | NE 38° | 929 m | 9.0 mi |
| Flatrock Mountain | NNE 18° | 879 m | 8.4 mi |
| Misery Mountain | NW 325° | 859 m | 9.4 mi |
| Chimneytop | NNE 29° | 852 m | 9.3 mi |
| Horse Mountain | NE 47° | 845 m | 8.1 mi |
| Laurel Fork Mountain | N 0° | 780 m | 5.5 mi |
| Rich Mountain | NE 40° | 769 m | 6.9 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: 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1229992 — McKinney Mountain, Pickens County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357094348
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