Angel Oak
Angel Oak is an attraction in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Persimmon Hill stands 18 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Gaud School Playground, a park 3.4 miles away. Bohicket Road Scenic Highway runs past it. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- C16
- Height
- 20 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Bohicket Road Scenic Highway
- 5.5 mi off the Riverland Drive Scenic Highway
- 6.7 mi off the Fort Johnson Road Scenic Highway
- 7.8 mi off the Ashley River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Gaud School Playground: 3.4 mi
- Stono River County Park: 5.2 mi
- James Island County Park: 5.3 mi
- Wide Awake Park: 5.3 mi
- High Ropes Course: 5.6 mi
- Sofa Super Store Fire Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Folly Boat: 7.0 mi
- Paul Cantrell Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Mosquito Beach: 7.3 mi
- T. Allen Legare Jr. Bridge Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Charleston Yacht Tours: 7.9 mi
- Baruch Auditorium: 9.0 mi
- Charleston Tea Garden: 9.2 mi
- World War I Howitzer: 9.4 mi
- French Cannon: 9.4 mi
- Coburg Cow: 7.0 mi
- Landing Brave: 8.4 mi
- The Citadel Bulldog: 8.9 mi
- Many Hands, Light Work: 9.0 mi
- In Remembrance & Love: 9.3 mi
- McLeod Plantation Historic Site: 7.0 mi
- The Citadel Daniel Museum: 9.0 mi
- Macaulay Museum of Dental History: 9.1 mi
- Louis G. Gregory Bahá'í Museum: 9.4 mi
- Mace Brown Museum of Natural History: 9.4 mi
- Porcher Medicinal Garden: 9.0 mi
- Alicia's Garden: 9.4 mi
- Stern Student Center Garden: 9.5 mi
- Kathleen K. Lightsey Garden: 9.5 mi
- Warren Place Garden: 9.6 mi
- Kiawah Beachwalker Park: 9.6 mi
- Sunrise Park Beach: 9.9 mi
- Grice Beach: 11.0 mi
- Grice Beach: 11.1 mi
- Seabrook Beach: 11.3 mi
- Church Flats Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Dills Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Leveston Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Harts Bluff: 23.4 mi
- Raven Hill: 14.3 mi
- Rosom Hill: 20.1 mi
- The Mound: 20.5 mi
- Persimmon Hill: 21.5 mi
- Caw Caw Interpretive Center: 7.3 mi
- ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge: 18.6 mi
- Dorchester: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Angel Oak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persimmon Hill | N 1° | 18 m | 21.5 mi |
| Rosom Hill | NW 323° | 15 m | 20.1 mi |
| Raven Hill | NW 318° | 5 m | 14.3 mi |
| The Mound | SW 223° | 1 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 19:56 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:41 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 78 | 69 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dwtn Charleston, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Kiawah Island · 7 mi
- Folly Beach · 9 mi
- Charleston · 10 mi
- Seabrook Island · 11 mi
- Greater Charleston · 12 mi
- North Charleston · 12 mi
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