Chick Springs
Chick Springs is a spring in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 258 m. Hogback Mountain stands 978 m to the north, 17 miles off. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 13 miles off.
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 18.8 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 23.2 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 27.9 mi off the Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 21 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 24 mi
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chick Springs: 0.0 mi
- Corey Burns Park: 1.2 mi
- Praise Cathedral Recreation: 2.2 mi
- East Riverside Park: 2.3 mi
- Century Park: 2.8 mi
- Dragon: 2.9 mi
- Greer Rexall Drugs: 3.6 mi
- Tube Dude: 3.7 mi
- Bailey the Fox: 3.8 mi
- Chicken Statue: 4.0 mi
- Worth Barnett Overpass: 3.4 mi
- WWI: 3.8 mi
- Indian Boundary Line: 3.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Camp Highland ruins: 4.2 mi
- Butler Hill: 5.6 mi
- Piney Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Roper Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Paris Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Pax Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Rock Quarry Falls: 8.4 mi
- Reedy River Falls: 8.6 mi
- Lower Reedy River Falls: 8.6 mi
- Arboretum Falls: 8.7 mi
- Conestee Falls: 11.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.8 mi
- Greer Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Frances Coyle Memorial Garden: 4.5 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- GSP Airside Garden: 4.9 mi
- Model Trains Station: 0.7 mi
- Greer Heritage Museum: 3.5 mi
- Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery: 5.5 mi
- Symmes Hall of Science: 6.2 mi
- Harrison Hall of Natural Science: 6.4 mi
- Suber's Corn Mill: 1.4 mi
- AH-1: 3.8 mi
- M106A1: 3.8 mi
- Roper Mountain Science Center: 6.3 mi
- BMW Performance Center: 6.5 mi
- South Tyger River Blueways Tract: 8.1 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Triple Oak Farm: 17.7 mi
- Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve: 18.8 mi
- Upper Chinquapin Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Glassy Rock: 14.6 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 20.6 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 21.5 mi
- Long Rock: 23.3 mi
- Raven Cliff: 23.6 mi
- Greythorne Retention Pond: 14.3 mi
- Mineral Spring: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Chick Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | N 360° | 978 m | 16.7 mi |
| Corbin Mountain | NNW 334° | 924 m | 18.4 mi |
| Rich Mountain | N 350° | 922 m | 15.9 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | NNW 347° | 921 m | 15.2 mi |
| Frank Mountain | NNW 331° | 894 m | 19.7 mi |
| Hoghead Mountain | N 355° | 893 m | 16.3 mi |
| Panther Mountain | NNW 330° | 879 m | 18.8 mi |
| Evans Mountain | NNW 344° | 853 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:43 | 17:22 |
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 | 43 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greer, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Jan, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 21.4 | 19.6 | 18.9 | 17.8 | 16.8 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 11.1 | 14.5 | 20.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Brushy Creek Near Greenville, SC, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel43 obs
- DeKay's Brownsnake32 obs
- American Toad27 obs
- House Finch22 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail18 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee16 obs
- Joro Spider15 obs
- Green Treefrog15 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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