Phillips Mountain
Phillips Mountain rises to 761 m in South Carolina. Hogback Mountain stands 978 m to the east, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Stanton Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Pacolet River Byway passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31658687, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 761 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 4.7 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 5.3 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 19.1 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 14 mi
- Exclamation Point · 19 mi
- Devil's Head · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stanton Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Little Piney Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Pine Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Fuller Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Big Falls: 1.0 mi
- Leland Falls: 2.9 mi
- Pacolet Falls: 2.9 mi
- Pearson's Falls: 4.0 mi
- Bell Park Falls: 4.1 mi
- Joel Poinsett Home Ruins: 1.8 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 2.3 mi
- Philip Jackson Hart house ruins: 3.8 mi
- Chestnut Spring Pool: 5.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Forest Clubhouse: 5.1 mi
- Les Mullinax Park: 4.0 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 4.1 mi
- McCreery Park: 4.7 mi
- Pleasant Ridge Park: 7.8 mi
- The Park at Flat Rock: 8.2 mi
- Maria: 11.5 mi
- Orange Bear: 12.5 mi
- Lake Robinson RV Park: 13.6 mi
- Springtime in TR: 15.0 mi
- Honey: 15.6 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 4.7 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 8.7 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 9.3 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 10.5 mi
- Landrum Depot: 11.1 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 7.6 mi
- Historical Downtown: 10.5 mi
- Southern X793: 10.7 mi
- Pacolet River Passenger Car: 11.1 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 12.1 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.2 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 14.0 mi
- Asia Garden: 17.3 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 17.6 mi
- Labyrinth: 17.7 mi
- Glassy Rock: 4.1 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 6.3 mi
- Long Rock: 10.0 mi
- High Rocks: 10.1 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 11.1 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 10.0 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Triple Oak Farm: 18.0 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 20.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 10.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 11.1 mi
- Chick Springs: 18.0 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Phillips Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | E 94° | 978 m | 5.4 mi |
| Hammond Mountain | WNW 303° | 963 m | 6.9 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | W 264° | 954 m | 6.6 mi |
| Rush Mountain | NW 314° | 943 m | 6.2 mi |
| Big Top | W 263° | 929 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mackerel Mountain | W 269° | 926 m | 5.6 mi |
| Corbin Mountain | WSW 258° | 924 m | 2.7 mi |
| Rich Mountain | ESE 116° | 922 m | 3.2 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357096111
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- Asheville · 29 mi
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