Sassafras Mountain
Sassafras Mountain is the highest point in the state of South Carolina, United States. It is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains. An observation tower opened on top of Sassafras Mountain in 2019.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rocky Bottom and Sunset.
Rocky Bottom
Hamlet
Rocky Bottom is an unincorporated community located in northern Pickens County, South Carolina 16 miles north of Pickens, South Carolina, 7 miles south of Rosman, North Carolina and 27 miles northwest of Greenville, South Carolina.
Sunset
Hamlet
Sunset is an unincorporated community in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States. The community is located along South Carolina Highway 11 8.3 miles northwest of Pickens. Sunset has a post office with ZIP code 29685, which opened on January 11, 1906. Sunset is situated 6 miles south of Sassafras Mountain.
Sassafras Mountain
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,547 feet
- Description: highest point in South Carolina, United States
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Pickens, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.06517° or 35° 3′ 55″ northLongitude
-82.77721° or 82° 46′ 38″ westElevation
3,547 feet (1,081 metres)Open location code
867V368F+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 357803579OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Sassafras Mountain” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sassafras Mountain”
- Cebuano: “Sassafras Mountain”
- Chinese: “塞沙佛瑞斯山”
- Danish: “Sassafras Mountain”
- Dutch: “Sassafras Mountain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ساسافراس”
- French: “Sassafras Mountain”
- Georgian: “სასაფრასის მთა”
- German: “Sassafras Mountain”
- Hebrew: “הר ססאפראס”
- Ladin: “Sassafras Mountain”
- Russian: “Сассафрас (гора)”
- Russian: “Сассафрас”
- Slovak: “Sassafras Mountain”
- Tatar: “Сассафрас тавы”
- Ukrainian: “Сасафрас”
- Ukrainian: “Сассафрас”
- Urdu: “سیسافریس ماؤنٹین”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ ساسافراس”
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