The Lone Sailor
The Lone Sailor is an artwork in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Persimmon Hill stands 18 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Greater Charleston Naval Base Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Ashley River Road passes 5.2 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1984
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Ashley River Road, National
- 6.0 mi off the Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway
- 7.1 mi off the Long Point Road Scenic Highway
- 7.3 mi off the Riverland Drive Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Greater Charleston Naval Base Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Meghan Taylor Memorial Lacrosse Field: 3.5 mi
- Charleston Light Dragoons: 3.7 mi
- H.L. Hunley Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Irish Volunteers: 3.9 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.1 mi
- Chicora-Cherokee Community Park: 0.9 mi
- Pump House Park: 1.0 mi
- Triangle Park: 1.0 mi
- Four Poles Park: 1.0 mi
- H. L. Hunley Submarine: 0.9 mi
- Old Cooper River Bridge Pillar: 5.0 mi
- Model of the Civil War Submarine, H.L. Hunley: 5.7 mi
- Baruch Auditorium: 6.0 mi
- F-4J Phantom II: 6.3 mi
- Welcome to Park Circle: 1.1 mi
- Fishing Children: 3.7 mi
- Child With a Sailboat: 3.8 mi
- Landing Brave: 4.3 mi
- The Citadel Bulldog: 4.8 mi
- North Charleston Fire Museum: 3.1 mi
- Charleston Apple Museum: 4.4 mi
- The Citadel Daniel Museum: 4.9 mi
- TiNY Tennis Museum: 5.4 mi
- The Aiken-Rhett House Museum: 5.6 mi
- Whipper Barony Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Whipper Barony Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Daniel Island Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Warren Place Garden: 5.7 mi
- Porcher Medicinal Garden: 5.8 mi
- Sunrise Park Beach: 8.4 mi
- Grice Beach: 9.1 mi
- Grice Beach: 9.2 mi
- Cummings Point: 10.5 mi
- Capers Island Boneyard: 15.9 mi
- Dills Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Church Flats Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Leveston Bluff: 24.4 mi
- Persimmon Hill: 12.8 mi
- Raven Hill: 16.2 mi
- Rosom Hill: 19.7 mi
- Dorchester: 13.1 mi
- Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site: 15.7 mi
- Caw Caw Interpretive Center: 13.5 mi
- Avian Conservation Center: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Lone Sailor. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persimmon Hill | NNW 330° | 18 m | 12.8 mi |
| Rosom Hill | WNW 286° | 15 m | 19.7 mi |
| Raven Hill | W 271° | 5 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 19:56 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:40 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 83 | 81 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charleston Intl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11393279490
Day trips start here
- Greater Charleston · 1 mi
- North Charleston · 3 mi
- Charleston · 6 mi
- Mount Pleasant · 8 mi
- Sullivan's Island · 10 mi
- Isle of Palms · 11 mi
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