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Caw Caw Interpretive Center

Caw Caw Interpretive Center from directly overhead

Caw Caw Interpretive Center is a nature reserve in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Persimmon Hill stands 18 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dungannon Plantation Heritage Preserve, a park 2.3 miles away. Bohicket Road Scenic Highway passes 7.1 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Charleston County Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates32.78607, -80.17661

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dungannon Plantation Heritage Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Wide Awake Park: 2.7 mi
  • Pineland Park: 3.7 mi
  • Stono River County Park: 3.8 mi
  • St Andrews Park: 5.6 mi
Attractions
  • Angel Oak: 7.3 mi
  • Drayton Hall Plantation: 8.1 mi
  • Magnolia Plantation and Gardens: 8.2 mi
  • Middleton Plantation: 8.3 mi
  • Middleton Place: 8.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Drayton Hall: 7.7 mi
  • Ashley River Region: 7.7 mi
  • Royal Judge John Drayton: 7.7 mi
  • Magnolia Plantation: 7.7 mi
  • The Rev. John G. Drayton: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 44
Museums: 33
Gardens: 17
Beaches: 8
  • Kiawah Beachwalker Park: 14.1 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Sunrise Park Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Grice Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Grice Beach: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Peaks: 4
  • Raven Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Rosom Hill: 13.0 mi
  • Persimmon Hill: 17.7 mi
  • The Mound: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Caw Caw Interpretive Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Persimmon HillNNE 19°18 m17.7 mi
Rosom HillNNW 329°15 m13.0 mi
Raven HillNNW 327°5 m7.1 mi
The MoundSSW 203°1 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0019:33
June solstice06:1419:5620:33
September equinox07:1018:4619:19
December solstice07:2016:4217:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505359667379838177685852
Precip in3.43.03.43.33.36.26.67.06.04.32.73.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charleston Intl AP, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1223604677

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