Morton Mountain
Morton Mountain rises to 746 m in South Carolina. Ellicott Mountain stands 1,137 m to the north-northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cheohee Road Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway runs past it.
The story
Mountain in South Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31658366, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 746 m
How to reach it
- On the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 5.7 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 9.1 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 10.4 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 10 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 15 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 26 mi
- Rough Butt Bald Overlook (MP 425.4) · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cheohee Road Falls: 0.5 mi
- Upper Wash Branch Falls: 1.0 mi
- Upper Pigpen Falls: 1.1 mi
- Pigpen Falls: 1.1 mi
- Lower Wash Branch Falls: 1.1 mi
- Cherry Hill Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Oconee Station State Historic Site: 5.5 mi
- Chattooga Wild and Scenic River: 5.6 mi
- Station Creek Cove Botanical Area: 5.7 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Dodge Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Big Stakey Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Crane Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Round Top: 2.1 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 10.1 mi
- Oconee Military Museum at Patriots Hall: 11.0 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina: 11.0 mi
- Oconee History Museum: 11.0 mi
- World of Energy: 14.8 mi
- Chattooga Town: 3.4 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 3.7 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 4.1 mi
- Oconee Station: 5.6 mi
- Cobbs Bridge: 14.3 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 5.6 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 8.4 mi
- Sunset Rock: 9.8 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 10.8 mi
- The Catstairs: 11.9 mi
- All In: 22.5 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 22.7 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 22.8 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 22.9 mi
- Six Degrees of Freedom: 22.9 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 11.0 mi
- 12 Spies Vineyards: 14.7 mi
- Stonewall Creek Vineyards Tasting Room: 21.3 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 21.9 mi
- Howard's Rock: 22.6 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 9.4 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 11.8 mi
- North Beach: 12.6 mi
- South Beach: 13.1 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 18.1 mi
- East Beach: 22.3 mi
- Moody Spring: 2.2 mi
- Cool Spring: 17.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 19.5 mi
- Big Spring: 22.8 mi
- Common Gardening: 13.3 mi
- English Garden: 23.2 mi
- Franklin Garden: 23.6 mi
- South: 13.1 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Morton Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellicott Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,137 m | 7.2 mi |
| Glade Mountain | NNW 347° | 1,005 m | 5.6 mi |
| Fork Mountain | NNE 20° | 992 m | 5.4 mi |
| Redside Mountain | N 353° | 982 m | 5.2 mi |
| Drip Nose Mountain | NNW 345° | 975 m | 5.0 mi |
| Medlin Mountain | NNE 24° | 954 m | 4.3 mi |
| Polly Mountain | N 357° | 948 m | 6.9 mi |
| Persimmon Mountain | NE 36° | 933 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| 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 1231564 — Morton Mountain, Oconee County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357096075
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