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Attractions near Mount Pleasant

USS Yorktown heads what Mount Pleasant has to see

Mount Pleasant has 37 notable places within 60 miles, among them 3 national park units. 4 of them are inside Mount Pleasant. About 815K people a year visit Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park. Set 51 mi out, Lake Marion makes a day trip.

Attractions nearby
37
within 60 miles
The big one
in town
USS Yorktown
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · in town

USS Yorktown

1943 Essex-class aircraft carrier.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Places on the map

The map stretches to Cypress Gardens, 17 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

The places, one by one

After the 4 in town come 33 more within 60 miles.

The places inside Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant → · Mount Pleasant’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 · USS Laffey: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Patriots Point: Clarinetguy097, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Charles Pinckney National Historic Site: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · H. L. Hunley: Sepia wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, 1902, after a painting then held by the Con, 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 · 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 · Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site: Arman Manookian, Public domain · White Point Gardens: Brian Stansberry (photographer), CC BY 3.0 · Exchange and Provost Building: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Sheldon Church Ruins: Bill Fitzpatrick, 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 · Penn School Historic District: Gilford Photography, Public domain · Cypress Gardens: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park: Staib, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hampton Park: ProfReader, Public domain · 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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