Posey Mountain
Posey Mountain rises to 807 m in South Carolina. Snaggy Mountain stands 1,027 m to the west-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Joel Poinsett Home Ruins, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in South Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31658907, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 807 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 5.1 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 5.4 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 13 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 18 mi
- Exclamation Point · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Falls: 2.0 mi
- Zen Falls: 4.0 mi
- Bell Park Falls: 4.0 mi
- Sidewinder Falls: 4.1 mi
- Leland Falls: 4.1 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 3.0 mi
- Les Mullinax Park: 3.8 mi
- McCreery Park: 5.5 mi
- Pleasant Ridge Park: 7.0 mi
- The Park at Flat Rock: 7.4 mi
- Joel Poinsett Home Ruins: 0.3 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 0.4 mi
- Philip Jackson Hart house ruins: 2.3 mi
- Chestnut Spring Pool: 7.0 mi
- Blue Ridge Forest Clubhouse: 7.0 mi
- Vance Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Walnut Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Corbin Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Pruett Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Maria: 13.0 mi
- Orange Bear: 14.4 mi
- Lake Robinson RV Park: 14.7 mi
- Springtime in TR: 15.2 mi
- Honey: 15.7 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 7.4 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Asia Garden: 17.5 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 17.8 mi
- Labyrinth: 17.9 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 5.5 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 8.5 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 9.6 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 10.5 mi
- Landrum Depot: 12.9 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 5.7 mi
- Historical Downtown: 9.5 mi
- Southern X793: 9.8 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 10.9 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 12.9 mi
- Glassy Rock: 5.8 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Long Rock: 8.1 mi
- High Rocks: 8.5 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 9.2 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 9.4 mi
- Triple Oak Farm: 19.9 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 20.1 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Pavilion 2: 21.9 mi
- Pavilion 1: 22.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 9.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 9.9 mi
- Chick Springs: 19.0 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Posey Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snaggy Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,027 m | 6.4 mi |
| Grassy Top Mountain | WSW 253° | 993 m | 6.3 mi |
| Ann Mountain | NW 313° | 990 m | 5.6 mi |
| Hammond Mountain | NW 310° | 963 m | 5.2 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | WSW 257° | 954 m | 4.9 mi |
| Rush Mountain | NW 326° | 943 m | 4.7 mi |
| Big Top | WSW 255° | 929 m | 4.3 mi |
| Horsepen Mountain | WNW 303° | 928 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:43 | 17:22 |
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 | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tryon, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1225642 — Posey Mountain, Greenville County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357088087
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 29 mi
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