Peach Orchard Mountain
Peach Orchard Mountain rises to 465 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the north, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Carlton Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31658654, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 465 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 14.0 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 14.3 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 14.9 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 10 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 14 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 14 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Carlton Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Rocky Bald Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Cedar Rock Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Kirksey Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Turkey Cock Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Silver Ribbon Falls: 1.2 mi
- Allie's Falls: 1.3 mi
- Mizelle Falls: 1.3 mi
- Spelunker Falls: 3.2 mi
- Crosscut Falls: 3.2 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 3.6 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 5.0 mi
- Pickens Recreation Center: 5.3 mi
- Jaycee Park: 5.6 mi
- Pickens Doodle Park: 6.4 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 17.5 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 17.5 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 17.7 mi
- Paper Airplane: 17.7 mi
- Paper Airplane: 17.7 mi
- Cateechee Mill: 10.9 mi
- Dedicated to Veterans World War: 11.6 mi
- Looper Memorial Marker: 12.8 mi
- Veterans memorial: 13.0 mi
- Julien D. Wyatt: 13.1 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 6.2 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 6.3 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 9.4 mi
- World of Energy: 10.8 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 14.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 6.2 mi
- English Garden: 6.2 mi
- Common Gardening: 10.3 mi
- Common Gardening: 10.3 mi
- Trail Roundabout: 20.1 mi
- Raven Cliff: 14.4 mi
- El Lieutenant: 14.5 mi
- Dunns Rock: 17.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 18.3 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 18.9 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 6.1 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 15.5 mi
- Tiny Town: 16.8 mi
- Howard's Rock: 17.5 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 19.0 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 13.8 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 18.3 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 22.0 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 23.5 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 23.7 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 7.0 mi
- North Beach: 9.1 mi
- South Beach: 10.4 mi
- East Beach: 17.8 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 20.4 mi
- South: 10.4 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Picnic Tables Area: 24.5 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- Cool Spring: 11.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 13.2 mi
- Moody Spring: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Peach Orchard Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | N 8° | 1,087 m | 9.4 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | NNE 13° | 1,063 m | 8.5 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,041 m | 7.9 mi |
| Rock Mountain | N 11° | 1,003 m | 7.8 mi |
| Whiteoak Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,002 m | 9.9 mi |
| Caesars Head | N 6° | 978 m | 8.7 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | N 6° | 929 m | 7.8 mi |
| Sunfish Mountain | NNE 20° | 883 m | 9.2 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 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357096105
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