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Attractions near Santee

20 mi from Santee, Congaree National Park leads the list

Roughly 288K visitors a year make it to Congaree National Park. With nothing inside Santee, the list has 2 places within 40 miles. Look for a national park and a lake. USS Yorktown lies 58 mi out, the pick for a day trip.

Attractions nearby
37
within 60 miles
The big one
53 mi
H. L. Hunley
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · 53 mi southeast

H. L. Hunley

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

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Places on the map

At the edge of the map sits Congaree National Park, 20 mi out.

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

Everything nearby

Every place, in and near Santee

37 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.

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

Parks and trails in Santee → · Santee’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 · Williams-Brice Stadium: SRA MARVIN PRESTON, Public domain · Congaree National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Angel Oak: Galen Parks Smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Battery: Eagledj, 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 · Old Slave Mart: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · North Charleston Coliseum: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Castle Pinckney: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Colonial Life Arena: Dfscgt21, CC BY-SA 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 · Riverbanks Zoo: Carlo Giovannetti (Thief12), CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Hampton Park: ProfReader, Public domain · Joseph Manigault House: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Columbia Museum of Art: Akhenaton06, 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 · Moore Farms Botanical Garden: Evanoco, CC BY-SA 4.0 · South Carolina Historical Society: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0 · W. Gordon Belser Arboretum: Plantmatic, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Warren Lasch Conservation Center: Pi3.124, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hampton Colored School: Ffuhr, CC BY-SA 3.0

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