Walnut Cove Mountain
Walnut Cove Mountain rises to 540 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the north-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Chapman Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in South Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31659918, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 540 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 12.8 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 12.7 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 15.5 mi off the Whitewater Way
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 5 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 10 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 15 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chapman Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mosley Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Brown Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Grassy Knob: 2.0 mi
- Odle Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Alewine Falls: 2.0 mi
- Gauley Falls: 2.3 mi
- Rachael Creek Falls: 2.4 mi
- Good Golly Falls: 2.4 mi
- Lower Yucca Falls: 2.4 mi
- Table Rock State Park Headquarters and Visitor Center: 3.5 mi
- Table Rock State Park Historic District: 4.4 mi
- Pickens Recreation Center: 6.0 mi
- Jaycee Park: 6.2 mi
- Pickens Doodle Park: 6.8 mi
- Honey: 16.4 mi
- Springtime in TR: 16.5 mi
- Softball statue: 16.7 mi
- Doughboy: 17.1 mi
- We all Need Safe Places To Walk and Ride: 17.8 mi
- Looper Memorial Marker: 9.2 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 10.6 mi
- Lake Wattacoo: 11.4 mi
- Veterans memorial: 12.5 mi
- Julien D. Wyatt: 12.6 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 4.2 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 6.7 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 7.0 mi
- World of Energy: 15.8 mi
- History Museum of Travelers Rest: 16.6 mi
- English Garden: 6.7 mi
- Common Gardening: 15.4 mi
- Trail Roundabout: 16.7 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 16.9 mi
- Asia Garden: 17.1 mi
- Raven Cliff: 9.5 mi
- El Lieutenant: 9.6 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 13.8 mi
- Dunns Rock: 14.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 14.3 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 6.8 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 10.5 mi
- Tiny Town: 15.2 mi
- Old Southern 1046 rail car: 16.7 mi
- M1: 17.4 mi
- South: 15.6 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Picnic Tables Area: 21.7 mi
- Pavilion 2: 22.2 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 10.4 mi
- North Beach: 14.2 mi
- South Beach: 15.6 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 20.6 mi
- East Beach: 22.1 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 14.1 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 18.6 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 22.0 mi
- Cool Spring: 10.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 17.5 mi
- Moody Spring: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Walnut Cove Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,087 m | 6.5 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,063 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | N 351° | 1,041 m | 3.8 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,003 m | 4.9 mi |
| Whiteoak Mountain | NNW 348° | 1,002 m | 6.3 mi |
| Caesars Head | NNW 330° | 978 m | 6.1 mi |
| Little Table Rock Mountain | N 4° | 958 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bigspring Mountain | N 356° | 956 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Table Rock, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1231888 — Walnut Cove Mountain, Pickens County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357096233
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