White Rock Knob
White Rock Knob rises to 771 m in South Carolina. Terrapin Mountain stands 1,357 m to the north-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cantrell Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in South Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31660002, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 771 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 5.4 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 5.6 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 9.8 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 6 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 12 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 22 mi
- View Herrin Knob Overlook (MP 424.4) · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cantrell Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Burrells Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Buck Knob: 1.1 mi
- Ridley Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Boast Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bee Cove Falls: 1.4 mi
- Miuka Falls: 2.0 mi
- Lower Miuka Falls: 2.0 mi
- Little Miuka Falls: 2.1 mi
- Crane Falls: 2.4 mi
- Cherry Hill Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Silver Run Falls: 7.5 mi
- Oconee Station State Historic Site: 7.7 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 8.0 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 9.4 mi
- Oconee Military Museum at Patriots Hall: 13.3 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina: 13.4 mi
- Oconee History Museum: 13.4 mi
- World of Energy: 14.7 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 0.8 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 5.3 mi
- Chattooga Town: 6.8 mi
- Oconee Station: 7.7 mi
- Cobbs Bridge: 17.6 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 5.6 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 6.5 mi
- Sunset Rock: 9.1 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 12.3 mi
- All In: 23.1 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 23.2 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 23.3 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 23.4 mi
- Six Degrees of Freedom: 23.5 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 13.4 mi
- 12 Spies Vineyards: 17.2 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 19.0 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 20.9 mi
- Howard's Rock: 23.1 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 8.7 mi
- North Beach: 12.0 mi
- South Beach: 12.9 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 14.8 mi
- East Beach: 22.9 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 9.0 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 12.3 mi
- Moody Spring: 1.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 13.5 mi
- Indian Spring: 19.5 mi
- Big Spring: 24.3 mi
- Common Gardening: 13.1 mi
- English Garden: 21.2 mi
- Franklin Garden: 23.5 mi
- South: 12.9 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of White Rock Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrapin Mountain | NNW 349° | 1,357 m | 6.6 mi |
| Coldsides Mountain | N 353° | 1,218 m | 6.2 mi |
| Flat Mountain | NNE 11° | 1,198 m | 5.5 mi |
| Heady Mountain | N 359° | 1,150 m | 5.9 mi |
| Ellicott Mountain | N 355° | 1,137 m | 4.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,125 m | 5.1 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,055 m | 5.7 mi |
| Jacks Knob | NNW 339° | 1,042 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 8.1 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jocassee 8 WNW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1231920 — White Rock Knob, Oconee County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357096237
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