Capers Island Boneyard
Capers Island Boneyard is a beach in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. The nearest named place is Pergola and Swing, a park 3.9 miles away. Long Point Road Scenic Highway passes 7.1 miles off.
Large collection of dead trees embedded in the sand remaining from Hurricane Hugo. Much of the forest inland is still visibly damaged.
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Long Point Road Scenic Highway
- 9.2 mi off the Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway
- 13.9 mi off the Fort Johnson Road Scenic Highway
- 18.6 mi off the Riverland Drive Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Pergola and Swing: 3.9 mi
- Laurel Hill County Park (Entrance): 5.9 mi
- Laurel Hill County Park: 6.1 mi
- Fort Palmetto Park: 6.5 mi
- Isle of Palms County Park: 7.2 mi
- The Bone Yard: 7.4 mi
- Boone Hall Plantation: 7.5 mi
- Antique Tractor Shed: 7.5 mi
- Wagon Rides: 7.5 mi
- Cotton Gin: 7.5 mi
- Old Fort: 7.8 mi
- Battery Capron: 10.7 mi
- Battery Thomson: 10.8 mi
- Battery Gadsden: 10.8 mi
- Battery Gadsden: 10.8 mi
- Winnowing Hands: 5.4 mi
- Spotted Crab: 11.3 mi
- Pete the Plastic Pelican: 11.8 mi
- Child With a Sailboat: 12.5 mi
- Fishing Children: 12.5 mi
- Keith Museum: 10.7 mi
- Fort Sumter History Museum: 12.7 mi
- Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum: 13.1 mi
- Vietnam Experience Exhibit: 13.2 mi
- USS Yorktown: 13.3 mi
- Newbrook Garden: 11.5 mi
- Daniel Island Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- The Marion And Wayland H. Cato Jr. Garden: 14.8 mi
- Mrs. Whaley's Garden: 14.8 mi
- Heyward-Washington House Gardens: 14.8 mi
- Cummings Point: 13.2 mi
- Grice Beach: 13.8 mi
- Grice Beach: 13.8 mi
- Sunrise Park Beach: 14.7 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 17.3 mi
- Avian Conservation Center: 4.5 mi
- Dills Bluff: 16.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 19:55 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:45 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:39 | 17:17 |
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 | 48 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sullivans IS, 12 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station North Dewees Island, Capers Inlet, SC, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7782786103
Day trips start here
- Isle of Palms · 8 mi
- Mount Pleasant · 9 mi
- Sullivan's Island · 11 mi
- Charleston · 15 mi
- Greater Charleston · 15 mi
- Folly Beach · 19 mi
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