The Powder Magazine
The Powder Magazine is a museum in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Persimmon Hill stands 18 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Revolutionary Artillery, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Fort Johnson Road Scenic Highway passes 2.6 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Powder Magazine is a gunpowder magazine and museum at 79 Cumberland Street in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Completed in 1713, it is the oldest surviving public building in the former Province of Carolina. It was used as a gunpowder store through the American Revolutionary War, and later saw other uses. The Powder Magazine was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989. It has been operated as a museum by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America since the early 1900s. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972.
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Dates from 1713.
Wikidata Q7235985, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Fort Johnson Road Scenic Highway
- 3.1 mi off the Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway
- 4.0 mi off the Riverland Drive Scenic Highway
- 6.5 mi off the Long Point Road Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Revolutionary Artillery: 0.0 mi
- Powder Magazine Flags: 0.0 mi
- The Powder Magazine: 0.0 mi
- The Nicholas Trott House: 0.0 mi
- Site of the First Methodist Church in Charleston Marker: 0.0 mi
- Charleston City Market: 0.1 mi
- Preservation Society of Charleston: 0.2 mi
- Rainbow Row (North End): 0.3 mi
- North Echo Rock: 0.3 mi
- Pineapple Fountain: 0.3 mi
- American Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Washington Square: 0.2 mi
- Lawrimore Park: 0.2 mi
- Courtenay Square Park: 0.3 mi
- Joe Riley Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
- King of the Creek: 0.1 mi
- Renoir Redux: 0.1 mi
- Shrimp, Fish, Oysters: Healthy, Fresh, Local.: 0.2 mi
- George Washington Statue: 0.2 mi
- Henry Timrod: 0.2 mi
- Gibbes Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
- The Museum at Market Hall: 0.1 mi
- The Old Slave Mart: 0.1 mi
- South Carolina Historical Society Museum: 0.2 mi
- Postal Museum: 0.2 mi
- Lenhardt Garden: 0.1 mi
- Heyward-Washington House Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Alicia's Garden: 0.4 mi
- Mrs. Whaley's Garden: 0.4 mi
- The Marion And Wayland H. Cato Jr. Garden: 0.4 mi
- Sunrise Park Beach: 1.9 mi
- Grice Beach: 2.9 mi
- Grice Beach: 3.0 mi
- Cummings Point: 4.4 mi
- Capers Island Boneyard: 14.8 mi
- Persimmon Hill: 19.2 mi
- Raven Hill: 19.3 mi
- Rosom Hill: 23.9 mi
- Dills Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Church Flats Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Caw Caw Interpretive Center: 14.3 mi
- Avian Conservation Center: 16.1 mi
- Dorchester: 18.1 mi
- Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Powder Magazine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persimmon Hill | NNW 334° | 18 m | 19.2 mi |
| Rosom Hill | WNW 299° | 15 m | 23.9 mi |
| Raven Hill | WNW 289° | 5 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 19:55 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:41 | 17:18 |
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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Charleston · 0 mi
- Sullivan's Island · 5 mi
- Greater Charleston · 6 mi
- Mount Pleasant · 6 mi
- Folly Beach · 8 mi
- Isle of Palms · 8 mi
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