Dorchester
Dorchester is a ghost town in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Persimmon Hill stands 18 m to the northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Ashley River Road passes 1.0 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Colonial-era settlement, abandoned in 1751.
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Ashley River Road, National
- 15.9 mi off the Riverland Drive Scenic Highway
- 16.5 mi off the Bohicket Road Scenic Highway
- 18.8 mi off the Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site: 0.0 mi
- Mateeba Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Ashley River Park: 1.6 mi
- Pine Trace Park: 2.4 mi
- Pine Trace Park Office: 2.4 mi
- Saint George Church Ruins: 0.1 mi
- Ancestral Feline Memorial Garden: 5.0 mi
- Magnolia Plantation: 7.0 mi
- Royal Judge John Drayton: 7.0 mi
- The Rev. John G. Drayton: 7.0 mi
- Middleton Place: 3.8 mi
- Middleton Plantation: 4.2 mi
- World's Largest Sweet Tea: 4.9 mi
- Magnolia Plantation: 6.9 mi
- Magnolia Plantation and Gardens: 7.1 mi
- Art Mobile: 5.0 mi
- Ra Coffee Goose: 8.2 mi
- Annie Mae: 8.6 mi
- JOHN McCANTS VERTERANS PARK: 9.5 mi
- Welcome to Park Circle: 12.1 mi
- Summerville-Dorchester Museum: 4.9 mi
- North Charleston Fire Museum: 10.3 mi
- The Citadel Daniel Museum: 16.1 mi
- Charleston Apple Museum: 16.3 mi
- TiNY Tennis Museum: 17.0 mi
- Middleton Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Azalea garden: 6.9 mi
- Maze: 7.0 mi
- Conservatory: 7.1 mi
- Whipper Barony Community Garden: 12.1 mi
- Caw Caw Interpretive Center: 11.2 mi
- Givhans Ferry State Park: 13.3 mi
- Audubon Beidler Forest Sanctuary: 21.4 mi
- ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge: 24.7 mi
- Leveston Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Harts Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Church Flats Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Dills Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Sunrise Park Beach: 19.9 mi
- Grice Beach: 21.0 mi
- Grice Beach: 21.1 mi
- Cummings Point: 22.6 mi
- Raven Hill: 6.8 mi
- Rosom Hill: 7.0 mi
- Persimmon Hill: 7.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dorchester. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persimmon Hill | NE 44° | 18 m | 7.8 mi |
| Rosom Hill | W 269° | 15 m | 7.0 mi |
| Raven Hill | SW 219° | 5 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 19:57 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:41 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 49 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 65 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Summerville 4W, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- North Charleston · 10 mi
- Greater Charleston · 14 mi
- Charleston · 18 mi
- Mount Pleasant · 21 mi
- Sullivan's Island · 23 mi
- Folly Beach · 24 mi
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