Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site is a park in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Persimmon Hill stands 18 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Boone Hall Plantation, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Long Point Road Scenic Highway runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1988-09-08
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- On the Long Point Road Scenic Highway
- 1.9 mi off the Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway
- 7.7 mi off the Fort Johnson Road Scenic Highway
- 11.5 mi off the Riverland Drive Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Boone Hall Plantation: 0.6 mi
- The Gullah Theater: 0.7 mi
- Dock House: 0.8 mi
- Slave Cabins: 0.8 mi
- Antique Tractor Shed: 0.8 mi
- Palmetto Island County Park: 1.4 mi
- Fort Palmetto Park: 2.0 mi
- Laurel Hill County Park: 2.8 mi
- Laurel Hill County Park (Entrance): 3.3 mi
- Kearns Park: 3.7 mi
- Hobcaw Shipyards: 3.9 mi
- Scanlonville: 4.4 mi
- General William Moultrie: 4.6 mi
- "The Kings Highway": 4.7 mi
- Center Street Wastewater Treatment Plant: 5.0 mi
- Winnowing Hands: 2.6 mi
- Spotted Crab: 4.6 mi
- Child With a Sailboat: 4.7 mi
- Fishing Children: 4.8 mi
- Pete the Plastic Pelican: 4.9 mi
- Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum: 6.0 mi
- Keith Museum: 6.0 mi
- Vietnam Experience Exhibit: 6.1 mi
- USS Yorktown: 6.1 mi
- Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center: 6.9 mi
- Daniel Island Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Newbrook Garden: 5.9 mi
- The Marion And Wayland H. Cato Jr. Garden: 7.5 mi
- Warren Place Garden: 7.7 mi
- Lenhardt Garden: 7.7 mi
- Grice Beach: 7.7 mi
- Capers Island Boneyard: 7.7 mi
- Grice Beach: 7.8 mi
- Cummings Point: 7.9 mi
- Sunrise Park Beach: 8.2 mi
- Avian Conservation Center: 8.5 mi
- Caw Caw Interpretive Center: 20.8 mi
- Dills Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Church Flats Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site: 18.3 mi
- Dorchester: 21.2 mi
- Persimmon Hill: 19.3 mi
- Raven Hill: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Charles Pinckney National Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persimmon Hill | NW 311° | 18 m | 19.3 mi |
| Raven Hill | W 274° | 5 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 19:55 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:40 | 17:18 |
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 | 48 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sullivans IS, 6 mi away.
- Green Anole57 obs
- Squareback Marsh Crab47 obs
- Spanish moss41 obs
- Golden Silk Spider39 obs
- Pond Slider38 obs
- Monarch32 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk30 obs
- Gulf Fritillary28 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1169516187
Day trips start here
- Mount Pleasant · 2 mi
- Isle of Palms · 4 mi
- Sullivan's Island · 6 mi
- Greater Charleston · 7 mi
- Charleston · 8 mi
- North Charleston · 11 mi
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