Powder Spring
Powder Spring is a spring in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Parsons Mountain stands 249 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Rock House, a historic site 5.3 miles away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off. 95 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
95 named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Springs Historic District: 7.5 mi
- Dorn Field McCormick County Recreation: 7.7 mi
- Stockman Park: 10.0 mi
- Long Cane Scenic Area: 10.1 mi
- Long Cane Creek Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Old Rock House: 5.3 mi
- Mathews Mill Village World War II Memorial: 11.8 mi
- New Bordeaux Monument: 11.9 mi
- Confederate Monument: 12.9 mi
- Star Fort: 14.5 mi
- Marion Avenue Community Garden: 12.7 mi
- Main Street Pollinator Garden: 12.9 mi
- Oak / Monument Pollinator Garden: 12.9 mi
- Uptown Market Pollinator Garden: 13.0 mi
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Prayer Garden: 13.7 mi
- Laurel Hill: 7.3 mi
- Parsons Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Boles Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Faulkner Mountain: 12.8 mi
- Trisha Mountain: 13.1 mi
- The Railroad Historical Center: 12.7 mi
- The Museum of Greenwood, South Carolina: 13.2 mi
- Abbeville County Museum: 15.3 mi
- Burt-Stark Mansion: 15.7 mi
- Edgefield historical museum and play theatre: 21.9 mi
- Downtown Mural: 15.8 mi
- Rebecca At The Well: 19.4 mi
- Queen of Hearts: 24.8 mi
- William Moffatt Grier: 24.9 mi
- Dooly Spring: 15.4 mi
- Harris Springs: 24.8 mi
- Memorial A-60 Battle Tank: 15.8 mi
- Christopher D. Spiller Longleaf Pine and Pollinator Trail: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Powder Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parsons Mountain | WNW 301° | 249 m | 10.4 mi |
| Faulkner Mountain | ESE 103° | 195 m | 12.8 mi |
| Boles Mountain | ESE 114° | 194 m | 10.6 mi |
| Trisha Mountain | E 95° | 194 m | 13.1 mi |
| Laurel Hill | W 281° | 134 m | 7.3 mi |
| Carey Hill | SSE 166° | 120 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:07 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:46 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccormick, 8 mi away.
- Widow Skimmer2 obs
- late boneset2 obs
- American persimmon2 obs
- Japanese stiltgrass2 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty2 obs
- Oglethorpe Oak2 obs
- Wild Turkey1 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4788281321
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