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Attractions near Port Royal

Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site and one more place to visit in Port Royal

Each year, some 321K people go to Fort Pulaski National Monument. Mapped inside Port Royal are 2 places to visit, and within 40 miles another 25. There are 19 museums, 2 ancient sites and 2 state parks to choose from. Make a day of it at USS Yorktown, 55 mi away.

Attractions nearby
56
within 60 miles
The big one
55 mi
USS Yorktown
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · 55 mi northeast

USS Yorktown

1943 Essex-class aircraft carrier.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where to find them

The 25 outside town cluster to the southwest.

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

Everything nearby

Each place in turn

It starts in town with 2 places and goes on to 54 within 60 miles.

The places inside Port Royal 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 Port Royal → · Port Royal’s history →

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

Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site: Arman Manookian, Public domain · Parris Island Museum: U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain · 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 · Mercer House: Kyle Kesselring from Canal Winchester, OH, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Fort Pulaski National Monument: Edibobb, CC BY 3.0 · Wormsloe Historic Site: Bubba73, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sorrel–Weed House: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Patriots Point: Clarinetguy097, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Congregation Mickve Israel: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forsyth Park: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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 · 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 · First African Baptist Church: KudzuVine, Public domain · Georgia State Railroad Museum: Caseyjonz, Public domain · 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 · Savannah Theatre: The Savannah Theatre, CC BY 3.0 · Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park: Staib, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hampton Park: ProfReader, Public domain · National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force: Bubba73 (Jud McCranie), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tybee Island Lighthouse and Museum: Lawrence G. Miller (Lawrence G. Miller on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Joseph Manigault House: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Telfair Museums: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Davenport House: Cybersquire79, CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home: JRempel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Green-Meldrim House: Bubba73 (Jud McCranie), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Juliette Gordon Low Historic District: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences: Bubba73 (Jud McCranie), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Reconstruction Era National Historical Park: TheDigitel Beaufort from Beaufort, SC, USA, CC BY 2.0 · SCAD Museum of Art: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Powder Magazine: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · The Kazoo Museum: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0 · Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed: Bubba73 (Jud McCranie), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dorchester Academy: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Hampton Colored School: Ffuhr, CC BY-SA 3.0

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