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Attractions near North Charleston

Seeing North Charleston? Begin at H. L. Hunley

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park welcomes about 815K visitors a year. There are 4 places to visit inside North Charleston, and 26 more within 40 miles. The commonest are 15 museums, 3 landmarks and 2 parks & preserves. Day-trippers head 44 mi out to Hunting Island State Park.

Attractions nearby
36
within 60 miles
The big one
in town
H. L. Hunley
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · in town

H. L. Hunley

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

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where they are

Most of the 26 out of town lie to the southeast.

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

Everything nearby

Place by place

30 places in all: 4 in town and 32 within 60 miles.

The places inside North 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 North Charleston → · North Charleston’s history →

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

H. L. Hunley: Sepia wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, 1902, after a painting then held by the Con, Public domain · North Charleston Coliseum: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Warren Lasch Conservation Center: Pi3.124, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Yorktown: David Ratledge, CC BY 4.0 · 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 · 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

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