Collins Park
Collins Park is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Persimmon Hill stands 18 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is North Charleston Fire Museum, a museum 1.7 miles away. Ashley River Road passes 1.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 8 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Ashley River Road, National
- 7.6 mi off the Riverland Drive Scenic Highway
- 10.0 mi off the Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway
- 10.4 mi off the Bohicket Road Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Ashley River Region: 1.7 mi
- Drayton Hall: 2.1 mi
- St. Andrew’s Parish Church: 2.1 mi
- The Rev. John G. Drayton: 2.4 mi
- Royal Judge John Drayton: 2.5 mi
- Drayton Hall Plantation: 1.8 mi
- Magnolia Plantation and Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Magnolia Plantation: 2.2 mi
- Middleton Plantation: 5.1 mi
- H. L. Hunley Submarine: 5.2 mi
- Minor Crosby Community Center: 1.9 mi
- Village Green Park Area: 2.5 mi
- Magnolia Gardens: 2.5 mi
- Varnadore Park: 2.6 mi
- Dogwood Park: 2.7 mi
- Welcome to Park Circle: 4.2 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 4.8 mi
- Landing Brave: 5.6 mi
- Coburg Cow: 6.9 mi
- The Citadel Bulldog: 6.9 mi
- North Charleston Fire Museum: 1.7 mi
- The Citadel Daniel Museum: 7.1 mi
- Charleston Apple Museum: 7.3 mi
- TiNY Tennis Museum: 8.0 mi
- Macaulay Museum of Dental History: 8.1 mi
- Conservatory: 2.1 mi
- Maze: 2.2 mi
- Azalea garden: 2.3 mi
- Whipper Barony Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Whipper Barony Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Sunrise Park Beach: 11.0 mi
- Grice Beach: 12.1 mi
- Grice Beach: 12.1 mi
- Cummings Point: 13.6 mi
- Kiawah Beachwalker Park: 20.2 mi
- Dills Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Church Flats Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Leveston Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Harts Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Caw Caw Interpretive Center: 9.4 mi
- Avian Conservation Center: 20.1 mi
- Givhans Ferry State Park: 22.2 mi
- Persimmon Hill: 11.2 mi
- Raven Hill: 11.4 mi
- Rosom Hill: 15.1 mi
- Dorchester: 9.0 mi
- Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Collins Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persimmon Hill | N 351° | 18 m | 11.2 mi |
| Rosom Hill | WNW 291° | 15 m | 15.1 mi |
| Raven Hill | W 271° | 5 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 19:56 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:41 | 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 | 50 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 83 | 81 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charleston Intl AP, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel44 obs
- Northern Cardinal40 obs
- Mourning Dove22 obs
- White Ibis20 obs
- Green Anole20 obs
- Pond Slider20 obs
- American Alligator18 obs
- Green Treefrog14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/669248231
Day trips start here
- North Charleston · 2 mi
- Greater Charleston · 6 mi
- Charleston · 9 mi
- Mount Pleasant · 12 mi
- Sullivan's Island · 14 mi
- Folly Beach · 15 mi
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