ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge
ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Rosom Hill stands 15 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge, a park 0.5 miles away. Edisto Island National Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Edisto Island National Scenic Byway, National
- 13.6 mi off the Bohicket Road Scenic Highway
- 16.5 mi off the US-21 Scenic Highway
- 21.9 mi off the James Edwin McTeer Bridge & The Causways Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge: 0.5 mi
- Roxbury Park: 3.8 mi
- Bear Island Game Management Area: 5.5 mi
- Meggett County Park: 7.2 mi
- Meggett Park & Playground: 10.1 mi
- Fontaine Fishing Charters: 10.6 mi
- Charleston Tea Garden: 11.8 mi
- Angel Oak: 18.6 mi
- Gullah 'n' Geechie Mahn Tours: 20.8 mi
- cannon: 21.9 mi
- Bache Monument: 11.0 mi
- Pon-Pon Chapel of Ease: 13.1 mi
- Ancestral Feline Memorial Garden: 21.7 mi
- Old Beaufort Firehouse, Reconstruction Era National Historical Park: 21.9 mi
- Sheldon Church Ruins: 23.0 mi
- The Edisto Island Museum: 5.9 mi
- Edisto Environmental Learning Center: 10.0 mi
- York W. Bailey Museum: 20.7 mi
- Verdier House: 22.0 mi
- Elliott House Museum: 22.1 mi
- Edingsville Beach: 10.6 mi
- Edisto Beach: 10.9 mi
- Seabrook Beach: 14.1 mi
- Kiawah Beachwalker Park: 15.2 mi
- Burkmeyer Beach: 23.2 mi
- The Mound: 10.5 mi
- Raven Hill: 18.0 mi
- Indian Hill: 19.7 mi
- Rosom Hill: 21.9 mi
- Tar Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Church Flats Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Leveston Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Harts Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Middleton Gardens: 23.2 mi
- Maze: 23.9 mi
- Conservatory: 24.0 mi
- Azalea garden: 24.0 mi
- Depreciation: 5.4 mi
- Caw Caw Interpretive Center: 15.8 mi
- Dorchester: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosom Hill | NNE 15° | 15 m | 21.9 mi |
| Indian Hill | SSW 213° | 6 m | 19.7 mi |
| Raven Hill | NNE 27° | 5 m | 18.0 mi |
| The Mound | SSE 158° | 1 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 19:57 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:43 | 17:20 |
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 | 74 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edisto IS Middleton Plantation, 4 mi away.
- American Alligator44 obs
- Northern Shoveler32 obs
- American Wigeon21 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler20 obs
- American Avocet19 obs
- American Coot18 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk18 obs
- Blue-winged Teal18 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1412251313
Day trips start here
- Seabrook Island · 13 mi
- Kiawah Island · 18 mi
- Folly Beach · 26 mi
- North Charleston · 27 mi
- Charleston · 28 mi
- Greater Charleston · 30 mi
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