Mill Knob
Mill Knob rises to 505 m in South Carolina. Rich Mountain stands 1,002 m to the northwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31658300, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 505 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 7.0 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 7.2 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 18.8 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 9 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 12 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 17 mi
- Exclamation Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Hyde Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Plumley Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Old Indian Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Pruett Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Les Mullinax Park: 1.3 mi
- Pleasant Ridge Park: 5.2 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 5.7 mi
- McCreery Park: 7.3 mi
- David Jackson Park: 8.5 mi
- Big Falls: 1.8 mi
- Awanita Falls: 4.2 mi
- Zen Falls: 4.3 mi
- Sidewinder Falls: 4.5 mi
- Tommy Wyche Falls: 5.2 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 2.9 mi
- Joel Poinsett Home Ruins: 3.0 mi
- Philip Jackson Hart house ruins: 5.0 mi
- Zonolite Vermiculite Mine: 5.8 mi
- Chestnut Spring Pool: 6.7 mi
- Maria: 10.9 mi
- Lake Robinson RV Park: 12.1 mi
- Springtime in TR: 12.5 mi
- Honey: 13.1 mi
- Orange Bear: 14.2 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 7.4 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 10.8 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 11.3 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 12.3 mi
- Landrum Depot: 12.7 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 10.2 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 12.7 mi
- Asia Garden: 14.9 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 15.1 mi
- Labyrinth: 15.3 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 7.3 mi
- Historical Downtown: 12.2 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 12.4 mi
- Southern X793: 12.5 mi
- Pacolet River Passenger Car: 12.7 mi
- Glassy Rock: 4.5 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Long Rock: 9.0 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 9.3 mi
- High Rocks: 10.9 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 12.0 mi
- Triple Oak Farm: 19.0 mi
- South Tyger River Blueways Tract: 21.1 mi
- Lenox Spring: 11.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 12.5 mi
- Chick Springs: 16.3 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Mill Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Mountain | NW 316° | 1,002 m | 7.9 mi |
| Grassy Top Mountain | W 278° | 993 m | 6.5 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | ENE 74° | 978 m | 7.1 mi |
| Hammond Mountain | NW 324° | 963 m | 7.5 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | WNW 287° | 954 m | 5.4 mi |
| Rush Mountain | NNW 335° | 943 m | 7.3 mi |
| Big Top | WNW 289° | 929 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mackerel Mountain | WNW 297° | 926 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:43 | 17:22 |
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 | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tryon, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1231545 — Mill Knob, Greenville County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357096067
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