Bear Island Game Management Area
Bear Island Game Management Area is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Indian Hill stands 6 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge, a park 5.4 miles away. Edisto Island National Scenic Byway passes 7.0 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Edisto Island National Scenic Byway, National
- 12.8 mi off the US-21 Scenic Highway
- 16.7 mi off the James Edwin McTeer Bridge & The Causways Scenic Highway
- 18.3 mi off the Bohicket Road Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge: 5.4 mi
- Roxbury Park: 9.2 mi
- Bay Creek Park: 10.4 mi
- Burley L. Lyons Park: 11.5 mi
- Edisto Beach State Park: 11.7 mi
- Fontaine Fishing Charters: 10.7 mi
- Gullah 'n' Geechie Mahn Tours: 16.1 mi
- Charleston Tea Garden: 16.5 mi
- cannon: 16.6 mi
- cannon: 16.6 mi
- The Edisto Island Museum: 8.7 mi
- Edisto Environmental Learning Center: 10.6 mi
- York W. Bailey Museum: 15.9 mi
- Verdier House: 16.6 mi
- Elliott House Museum: 16.7 mi
- Edisto Beach: 11.5 mi
- Edingsville Beach: 12.7 mi
- Burkmeyer Beach: 18.0 mi
- Seabrook Beach: 18.1 mi
- Burckmyers Beach: 18.2 mi
- Bache Monument: 14.4 mi
- Pon-Pon Chapel of Ease: 14.5 mi
- Old Beaufort Firehouse, Reconstruction Era National Historical Park: 16.5 mi
- Sheldon Church Ruins: 18.3 mi
- Naval Hospital Beaufort: 19.1 mi
- Tar Bluff: 6.5 mi
- Church Flats Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Leveston Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Bermuda Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Harts Bluff: 23.0 mi
- The Mound: 11.0 mi
- Indian Hill: 14.9 mi
- Raven Hill: 22.9 mi
- ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge: 5.5 mi
- Caw Caw Interpretive Center: 21.3 mi
- Depreciation: 8.5 mi
- Yemassee Junction: 22.9 mi
- Bistro Ten Garden: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Island Game Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Hill | SSW 203° | 6 m | 14.9 mi |
| Raven Hill | NE 35° | 5 m | 22.9 mi |
| The Mound | SE 129° | 1 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:57 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:48 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:43 | 17:21 |
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, 8 mi away.
- Snowy Egret102 obs
- Tundra Swan97 obs
- Tricolored Heron91 obs
- American Alligator85 obs
- American Avocet70 obs
- Lesser Yellowlegs68 obs
- Greater Yellowlegs62 obs
- American White Pelican62 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357081168
Day trips start here
- Seabrook Island · 17 mi
- Kiawah Island · 22 mi
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