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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

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
Peaks
Artworks: 49
Historic sites: 48
  • 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: 19
  • English Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Brevard Community Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Trail Roundabout: 16.0 mi
  • Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Asia 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: 7
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 7.7 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sassafras MountainW1,087 m5.7 mi
Hickorynut MountainW1,063 m5.0 mi
Middle MountainN1,044 m5.7 mi
Pinnacle MountainWSW1,041 m3.8 mi
Indian Camp MountainWNW1,027 m6.8 mi
Coldbranch MountainN1,016 m3.0 mi
Slicking MountainNNW1,013 m2.9 mi
Bradford MountainNNE1,011 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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