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Attractions near Charleston

Seeing Charleston? Begin at Angel Oak

Yearly visitors to Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park number about 815K. There are 16 places to visit inside Charleston, and 13 more within 40 miles. They include 15 museums, 3 landmarks and 2 parks & preserves. Drive 47 mi to reach Lake Marion.

Attractions nearby
37
within 60 miles
The big one
2 mi
H. L. Hunley
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · 2 mi north

H. L. Hunley

Submarine of the Confederate States of America (1863/1864).

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The lie of the land

At 15 mi, Cypress Gardens is the farthest one out.

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Orange: Charleston. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The whole list for Charleston

First the 16 in town, then the 21 within 60 miles.

The places inside Charleston lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Charleston → · Charleston’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Angel Oak: Galen Parks Smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wagner: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · The Battery: Eagledj, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old Slave Mart: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · White Point Gardens: Brian Stansberry (photographer), CC BY 3.0 · Exchange and Provost Building: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Charleston Museum: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 4.0 · International African American Museum: Making it with the Matthews, CC BY 3.0 · Dock Street Theatre: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gibbes Museum of Art: Aude, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Hampton Park: ProfReader, Public domain · Joseph Manigault House: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Powder Magazine: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Mace Brown Museum of Natural History: Akrasia25, CC BY-SA 4.0 · South Carolina Historical Society: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Yorktown: David Ratledge, CC BY 4.0 · H. L. Hunley: Sepia wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, 1902, after a painting then held by the Con, Public domain · USS Laffey: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Fort Moultrie: Dima Sergiyenko; Please attribute this image as the work of "DiscoverWithDima.", CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Marion: http://www.terraprints.com, CC BY 2.5 · Patriots Point: Clarinetguy097, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (Charleston, South Carolina): Nick Amoscato, CC BY 2.0 · North Charleston Coliseum: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hunting Island State Park: The original uploader was Cdamgen at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Castle Pinckney: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site: Arman Manookian, Public domain · Old Sheldon Church Ruins: Bill Fitzpatrick, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Penn School Historic District: Gilford Photography, Public domain · Charles Pinckney National Historic Site: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cypress Gardens: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park: Staib, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Reconstruction Era National Historical Park: TheDigitel Beaufort from Beaufort, SC, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Parris Island Museum: U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain · The Kazoo Museum: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0 · Warren Lasch Conservation Center: Pi3.124, CC BY-SA 4.0

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