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Piney Mountain

Piney Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Piney Mountain rises to 548 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the west, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is The Stool, a peak 0.9 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 1.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1231665)

Wikidata Q31658839, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
548 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.05317, -82.67818

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Table Rock State Park Historic District: 1.8 mi
  • Table Rock State Park Headquarters and Visitor Center: 2.4 mi
  • Dacusville Little League & Recreation: 9.2 mi
  • DuPont State Forest Visitors Center: 10.1 mi
  • Jimi Turner Park: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls
  • Green Creek Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Carrick Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Slicking Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Secret Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Spring Bluff Falls: 2.8 mi
Artworks: 51
Historic sites: 50
  • Caesars Head Hotel: 4.8 mi
  • Lake Wattacoo: 6.0 mi
  • Jennings Mill: 8.1 mi
  • Trestle ruins: 8.2 mi
  • Echo Valley Amusement Park chairlift pillar concrete pad: 9.0 mi
Museums: 22
Gardens: 22
  • Rose Garden: 11.7 mi
  • English Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Brevard Community Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Trail Roundabout: 16.0 mi
  • Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 16.1 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Devil's Kitchen: 4.6 mi
  • The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 12.0 mi
  • M1: 12.7 mi
  • Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 13.8 mi
  • Old Southern 1046 rail car: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 8
Springs: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Sandstone Beach: 14.5 mi
  • North Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 20.6 mi
  • South Beach: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sassafras MountainW 278°1,087 m5.7 mi
Hickorynut MountainW 268°1,063 m5.0 mi
Middle MountainN 351°1,044 m5.7 mi
Pinnacle MountainWSW 249°1,041 m3.8 mi
Indian Camp MountainWNW 289°1,027 m6.8 mi
Coldbranch MountainN 4°1,016 m3.0 mi
Slicking MountainNNW 339°1,013 m2.9 mi
Bradford MountainNNE 16°1,011 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0919:43
June solstice06:1820:1120:49
September equinox07:1918:5619:29
December solstice07:3616:4417:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404350586674777671605043
Precip in6.85.36.25.25.05.26.16.45.35.25.36.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Table Rock, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357096121

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