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Attractions near Kiawah Island

USS Yorktown, 15 mi from Kiawah Island

Kiawah Island has 36 notable places within 60 miles, among them 3 national park units. Visits to Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park run to about 815K a year. A day out reaches Lake Marion, 60 mi away.

Attractions nearby
36
within 60 miles
The big one
15 mi
USS Yorktown
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · 15 mi northeast

USS Yorktown

1943 Essex-class aircraft carrier.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The layout

Head to the northeast for most of the 32 on the list.

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

Everything nearby

Every one of them

All of it lies within 60 miles: 36 places.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Kiawah Island → · Kiawah Island’s history →

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

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 · 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 · 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 · Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (Charleston, South Carolina): Nick Amoscato, CC BY 2.0 · Patriots Point: Clarinetguy097, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old Slave Mart: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · 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 · White Point Gardens: Brian Stansberry (photographer), CC BY 3.0 · Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site: Arman Manookian, Public domain · Exchange and Provost Building: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Charleston Museum: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dock Street Theatre: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gibbes Museum of Art: Aude, CC BY-SA 2.5 · International African American Museum: Making it with the Matthews, CC BY 3.0 · Cypress Gardens: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Penn School Historic District: Gilford Photography, Public domain · Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park: Staib, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hampton Park: ProfReader, Public domain · Charles Pinckney National Historic Site: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Joseph Manigault House: ProfReader, 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 · Powder Magazine: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · The Kazoo Museum: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0 · Mace Brown Museum of Natural History: Akrasia25, CC BY-SA 4.0 · South Carolina Historical Society: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Warren Lasch Conservation Center: Pi3.124, CC BY-SA 4.0

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