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Twisting Pine Mountain

Twisting Pine Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Twisting Pine Mountain rises to 545 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the northeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Triple Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 3.6 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in South Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31659832, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
545 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.02606, -82.82050

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Triple Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Euphoria Falls: 0.2 mi
  • The Narrows: 0.4 mi
  • Twin Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Camp McCall Falls: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 5.0 mi
  • Table Rock State Park Historic District: 6.6 mi
  • Bootleg Access Area: 6.8 mi
  • Table Rock State Park Headquarters and Visitor Center: 7.2 mi
  • Champion Park: 8.2 mi
Historic sites: 30
  • Caesars Head Hotel: 12.4 mi
  • Lake Wattacoo: 14.3 mi
  • Looper Memorial Marker: 15.1 mi
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 15.2 mi
  • Jennings Mill: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 17
Artworks: 16
Museums: 15
Attractions: 11
  • The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 11.7 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 12.2 mi
  • M1: 15.0 mi
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 19.4 mi
  • Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 21.1 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Rose Garden: 11.7 mi
  • English Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Brevard Community Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Common Gardening: 15.5 mi
  • Common Gardening: 15.5 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Bracken Preserve: 15.6 mi
  • Green Mountain Preserve: 15.7 mi
  • Nalley Brown Nature Park: 19.5 mi
  • Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 21.0 mi
  • Kelsey Trail Preserve: 21.0 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Sandstone Beach: 6.6 mi
  • North Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 14.7 mi
  • South Beach: 15.6 mi
  • East Beach: 24.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cool Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Moody Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Indian Spring: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Twisting Pine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sassafras MountainNE 42°1,087 m3.6 mi
Hickorynut MountainENE 62°1,063 m3.5 mi
Pinnacle MountainE 83°1,041 m4.5 mi
Indian Camp MountainNNE 21°1,027 m4.4 mi
Burnt MountainN 360°1,011 m4.2 mi
Rock MountainENE 67°1,003 m2.8 mi
Whiteoak MountainNE 52°1,002 m4.7 mi
Caesars HeadNE 45°978 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:43
June solstice06:1820:1220:49
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:3616:4517:24

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1231875 — Twisting Pine Mountain, Pickens County, South Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357096231

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