Piney Mountain
Piney Mountain rises to 492 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Prince Cove Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1230176).
Wikidata Q31658823, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 492 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 8.3 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 9.2 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 8 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 8 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 11 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Prince Cove Falls: 0.5 mi
- Divinity Falls: 1.0 mi
- Never Ending Falls: 1.0 mi
- Cane Creek Falls: 1.4 mi
- Devils Hole Creek Falls: 2.3 mi
- Bryant Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Bully Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Dug Mountain: 1.9 mi
- High Knob: 2.1 mi
- McKinney Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 2.5 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 3.0 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 4.7 mi
- DAR Monument: 9.1 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 11.4 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 12.6 mi
- Oconee Station: 14.6 mi
- Cateechee Mill: 15.8 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 16.6 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 14.4 mi
- El Lieutenant: 14.8 mi
- Raven Cliff: 15.0 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 15.9 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 16.0 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 11.2 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 12.1 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 12.2 mi
- World of Energy: 13.2 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 18.1 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 21.4 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 21.4 mi
- All In: 21.6 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 21.6 mi
- Paper Airplane: 21.7 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 12.0 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 16.3 mi
- M1: 18.7 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 18.8 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 19.6 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 18.2 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 18.2 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 18.4 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 18.8 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 2.4 mi
- North Beach: 10.5 mi
- South Beach: 12.1 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 14.6 mi
- East Beach: 21.5 mi
- Common Gardening: 12.1 mi
- English Garden: 12.1 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Trail Roundabout: 24.9 mi
- Cool Spring: 6.3 mi
- Moody Spring: 12.3 mi
- Indian Spring: 17.0 mi
- South: 12.1 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | NE 47° | 1,087 m | 7.8 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | NE 56° | 1,063 m | 7.7 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,011 m | 7.6 mi |
| Rock Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,003 m | 7.0 mi |
| Caesars Head | NE 48° | 978 m | 7.1 mi |
| Nancy Mountain | NNE 19° | 978 m | 8.0 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | NE 54° | 929 m | 6.5 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNE 11° | 890 m | 6.7 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 | 20:12 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
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 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357094570
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