Rocky Bald Mountain
Rocky Bald Mountain rises to 563 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the north-northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Allie's Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31659210, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 563 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 12.9 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 13.3 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 13.9 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 10 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 13 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 13 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Allie's Falls: 0.4 mi
- Mizelle Falls: 0.5 mi
- Silver Ribbon Falls: 0.5 mi
- Spelunker Falls: 2.3 mi
- Crosscut Falls: 2.4 mi
- Cedar Rock Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Little Pink Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Peach Orchard Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Carlton Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Pink Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 2.5 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 4.4 mi
- Pickens Recreation Center: 6.4 mi
- Jaycee Park: 6.7 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 7.4 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 18.1 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 18.2 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 18.3 mi
- Paper Airplane: 18.3 mi
- All In: 18.4 mi
- Cateechee Mill: 11.7 mi
- Dedicated to Veterans World War: 12.7 mi
- Looper Memorial Marker: 13.6 mi
- Veterans memorial: 14.1 mi
- Julien D. Wyatt: 14.2 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 7.3 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 7.4 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 9.4 mi
- World of Energy: 11.0 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 15.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 7.3 mi
- English Garden: 7.3 mi
- Common Gardening: 10.4 mi
- Common Gardening: 10.4 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 20.3 mi
- El Lieutenant: 14.3 mi
- Raven Cliff: 14.4 mi
- Dunns Rock: 17.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 17.8 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 18.8 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 7.2 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 15.5 mi
- Tiny Town: 17.8 mi
- Howard's Rock: 18.2 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 18.8 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 14.9 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 18.4 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 21.3 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 22.5 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 22.6 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 6.0 mi
- North Beach: 9.1 mi
- South Beach: 10.5 mi
- East Beach: 18.4 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 19.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 10.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 13.7 mi
- Moody Spring: 15.6 mi
- South: 10.5 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Rocky Bald 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 | 8.8 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,063 m | 8.0 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,041 m | 7.6 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,003 m | 7.3 mi |
| Whiteoak Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,002 m | 9.4 mi |
| Caesars Head | NNE 12° | 978 m | 8.1 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | NNE 14° | 929 m | 7.2 mi |
| Sunfish Mountain | NNE 27° | 883 m | 8.8 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357088485
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