Piney Knob
Piney Knob rises to 702 m in South Carolina. Bee Bait Mountain stands 911 m to the north-northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Snider Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in South Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31658753, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 702 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 9.0 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 11.8 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 11.8 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 14 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Snider Falls: 0.6 mi
- Limestone Falls: 3.6 mi
- Ira Branch Falls: 3.9 mi
- Land Bridge Falls: 3.9 mi
- Chauga Narrows: 3.9 mi
- Chattooga Wild and Scenic River: 0.9 mi
- Station Creek Cove Botanical Area: 6.7 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Oconee Station State Historic Site: 7.1 mi
- Cherry Hill Recreation Area: 7.2 mi
- Callas Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Whetstone Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Willis Knob: 1.7 mi
- Russell Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Oakey Top: 2.4 mi
- Oconee Military Museum at Patriots Hall: 10.7 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina: 10.8 mi
- Oconee History Museum: 10.8 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 11.8 mi
- The Foxfire Museum: 11.8 mi
- Chattooga Town: 2.2 mi
- Oconee Station: 7.3 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 7.6 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Cobbs Bridge: 11.3 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 10.9 mi
- The Catstairs: 11.3 mi
- Sunset Rock: 11.4 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 11.6 mi
- All In: 24.1 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 24.5 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 24.6 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 24.6 mi
- Six Degrees of Freedom: 24.6 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 10.8 mi
- 12 Spies Vineyards: 11.0 mi
- Stonewall Creek Vineyards Tasting Room: 16.5 mi
- forest service Rd 27: 20.2 mi
- Wasilik Poplar: 23.5 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 6.0 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 10.8 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 12.4 mi
- North Beach: 16.1 mi
- South Beach: 16.1 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 16.9 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 22.2 mi
- East Beach: 23.8 mi
- Moody Spring: 7.3 mi
- Big Spring: 20.3 mi
- Indian Spring: 21.9 mi
- Cool Spring: 22.3 mi
- Common Gardening: 16.4 mi
- Franklin Garden: 23.3 mi
- South: 16.1 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 19.5 mi
- Burton: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Piney Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Bait Mountain | NNE 30° | 911 m | 7.3 mi |
| Rainy Mountain | W 260° | 888 m | 7.5 mi |
| Ridley Mountain | NE 47° | 888 m | 7.9 mi |
| Rand Mountain | NNE 32° | 877 m | 6.0 mi |
| Big Mountain | NE 37° | 875 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mill Mountain | NE 42° | 870 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bill Mountain | NNE 15° | 860 m | 7.0 mi |
| Cook Mountain | NNE 13° | 860 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:47 | 17:26 |
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 | 40 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 6.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Creek, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1225502 — Piney Knob, Oconee County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357087894
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