McKinneys Mountain
McKinneys Mountain rises to 591 m in South Carolina. Terrapin Mountain stands 1,357 m to the northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Tater Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31658251, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 591 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 4.5 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 4.7 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 10.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 5 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 5 mi
- Rainbow Falls · 9 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tater Hill: 0.7 mi
- Fisher Knob: 1.3 mi
- Smeltzer Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Double Spring Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Hester Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Bad Creek Falls: 0.7 mi
- Double Spring Mountain Falls: 2.2 mi
- Wright Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
- Lower Whitewater Falls: 3.6 mi
- Bee Cove Falls: 4.2 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 3.2 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 6.0 mi
- Cherry Hill Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 7.2 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 5.6 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 7.3 mi
- Oconee Station: 9.7 mi
- Chattooga Town: 11.6 mi
- Cateechee Mill: 17.4 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 9.7 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 12.9 mi
- Sunset Rock: 13.0 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 13.5 mi
- World of Energy: 12.5 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 13.3 mi
- Oconee Military Museum at Patriots Hall: 14.7 mi
- Oconee History Museum: 14.7 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina: 14.8 mi
- All In: 21.3 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 21.3 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 21.4 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 21.5 mi
- Six Degrees of Freedom: 21.6 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 14.7 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 16.3 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 19.0 mi
- Howard's Rock: 21.3 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 22.1 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 13.2 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 13.4 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 13.6 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 13.7 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 17.3 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 3.7 mi
- North Beach: 9.5 mi
- South Beach: 10.9 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 14.1 mi
- East Beach: 21.2 mi
- Common Gardening: 10.9 mi
- Common Gardening: 11.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 16.5 mi
- English Garden: 16.5 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Moody Spring: 6.4 mi
- Cool Spring: 9.7 mi
- Indian Spring: 17.1 mi
- South: 10.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of McKinneys Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrapin Mountain | NW 314° | 1,357 m | 8.7 mi |
| Sassafras Mountain | NNW 339° | 1,335 m | 8.7 mi |
| Coldsides Mountain | NW 314° | 1,218 m | 8.0 mi |
| Buck Knob | NNW 338° | 1,212 m | 7.5 mi |
| Flat Mountain | NW 322° | 1,198 m | 6.3 mi |
| Waddle Mountain | NNW 335° | 1,160 m | 6.7 mi |
| Heady Mountain | NW 317° | 1,150 m | 7.4 mi |
| Rocky Knobs | N 1° | 1,139 m | 8.0 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1231533 — McKinneys Mountain, Oconee County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357096058
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