Pink Mountain
Pink Mountain rises to 550 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the north-northeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Pink Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in South Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31658856, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 550 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 12.3 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 12.7 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 12.8 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 9 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 12 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 13 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Pink Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Cedar Rock Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Big Rock Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Rocky Bald Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Mizelle Falls: 0.9 mi
- Allie's Falls: 1.0 mi
- Silver Ribbon Falls: 1.0 mi
- Triple Falls: 2.8 mi
- Pork Chop Falls: 3.1 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 2.5 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 5.3 mi
- Pickens Recreation Center: 6.9 mi
- Jaycee Park: 7.2 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 7.3 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 19.5 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 19.5 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 19.6 mi
- Paper Airplane: 19.7 mi
- All In: 19.7 mi
- Cateechee Mill: 13.0 mi
- Looper Memorial Marker: 13.3 mi
- Dedicated to Veterans World War: 13.6 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 14.5 mi
- Veterans memorial: 14.6 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 7.8 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 8.0 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 8.4 mi
- World of Energy: 12.4 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 16.4 mi
- English Garden: 7.8 mi
- Common Gardening: 11.7 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 18.9 mi
- Trail Roundabout: 20.7 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 21.0 mi
- El Lieutenant: 13.1 mi
- Raven Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Dunns Rock: 16.1 mi
- Castle Rock: 16.4 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 17.8 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 7.7 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 14.3 mi
- Tiny Town: 18.1 mi
- M1: 19.2 mi
- Howard's Rock: 19.5 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 15.5 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 22.5 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 22.6 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 6.0 mi
- North Beach: 10.3 mi
- South Beach: 11.8 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 18.5 mi
- East Beach: 19.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 9.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 15.1 mi
- Moody Spring: 16.0 mi
- South: 11.8 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Pink Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | NNE 14° | 1,087 m | 7.5 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,063 m | 6.7 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | NE 36° | 1,041 m | 6.3 mi |
| Indian Camp Mountain | N 6° | 1,027 m | 8.7 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | N 355° | 1,011 m | 8.8 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,003 m | 6.0 mi |
| Whiteoak Mountain | NNE 22° | 1,002 m | 8.1 mi |
| Caesars Head | NNE 11° | 978 m | 6.8 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 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
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 | 42 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pickens, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1225505 — Pink Mountain, Pickens County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357087898
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