Windmill Hill
Windmill Hill rises to 361 m in South Carolina. Tryon Peak stands 986 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Leroy Mathis Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in South Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31660030, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 361 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 11.1 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 16.3 mi off the Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway
- 21.7 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 24 mi
- Vista Rock · 26 mi
- Opera Box · 26 mi
- Devil's Head · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Leroy Mathis Park: 1.3 mi
- Inman Mills Park: 2.1 mi
- Sealy Park: 2.2 mi
- Holston Creek Park: 3.5 mi
- Gib Gosnell Park: 3.9 mi
- Inman Veterans Monument: 1.7 mi
- Old Rutherford Road: 3.1 mi
- Boiling Springs Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Jackson Eugene Cowdrey: 7.2 mi
- Virgil W. Blackwell: 7.3 mi
- Collins Mountain: 3.7 mi
- August Hill: 5.1 mi
- Bird Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Mockingbird Hill: 10.3 mi
- Squirrel Mountain: 10.5 mi
- Orange Bear: 8.4 mi
- Maria: 8.9 mi
- Chicken Statue: 10.6 mi
- Bailey the Fox: 11.2 mi
- Greer Rexall Drugs: 11.3 mi
- Frey Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
- Moonshiners Falls: 11.4 mi
- Sillers Falls: 11.7 mi
- Lower Cave Falls: 11.7 mi
- Cave Falls: 11.7 mi
- Landrum Depot: 8.9 mi
- Greer Heritage Museum: 11.3 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 12.2 mi
- Hub City Railroad Museum: 12.5 mi
- Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg: 12.8 mi
- Xeric Garden: 9.2 mi
- International Peace Garden: 9.2 mi
- Plant Zoo: 9.3 mi
- Community Garden: 10.2 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Triple Oak Farm: 3.7 mi
- South Tyger River Blueways Tract: 10.0 mi
- Upper Chinquapin Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Cleveland Preserve Farm: 11.3 mi
- Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Glassy Rock: 13.6 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 15.2 mi
- Worlds Edge: 24.1 mi
- The Pinnacles: 24.7 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 24.9 mi
- Chick Springs: 14.1 mi
- Whitestone Springs: 21.5 mi
- Glenn Springs: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Windmill Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tryon Peak | NNW 330° | 986 m | 15.7 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 304° | 978 m | 12.6 mi |
| White Oak Mountain | NNW 338° | 940 m | 15.9 mi |
| Rich Mountain | WNW 295° | 922 m | 14.3 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | WNW 291° | 921 m | 14.6 mi |
| Hoghead Mountain | WNW 299° | 893 m | 13.5 mi |
| Evans Mountain | WNW 299° | 853 m | 17.8 mi |
| Glassy Mountain | WNW 290° | 848 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:42 | 17:21 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chesnee 7 WSW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357121292
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