Fort Moultrie
Fort Moultrie is a park in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Persimmon Hill stands 18 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is USS Patapsco Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Fort Johnson Road Scenic Highway passes 2.5 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Fort Johnson Road Scenic Highway
- 3.8 mi off the Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway
- 5.7 mi off the Long Point Road Scenic Highway
- 7.1 mi off the Riverland Drive Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- USS Patapsco Monument: 0.1 mi
- Battery Jasper: 0.1 mi
- Grave of Gen. William Moultrie: 0.2 mi
- Battery Gadsden: 0.9 mi
- Battery Gadsden: 0.9 mi
- United States Coast Guard Historic District: 0.8 mi
- Pitt Street Bridge Park: 0.9 mi
- J. Marshall Stith Park: 1.1 mi
- Fort Sumter: 1.2 mi
- Mount Pleasant Historic District: 2.0 mi
- 6.4-Inch (100-Pounder) Parrott: 1.1 mi
- 8-inch (200 Pounder) Parrott: 1.1 mi
- 10-Inch Mortar, Model 1819: 1.1 mi
- 8-Inch Columbiad: 1.1 mi
- 15-Inch Rodman: 1.1 mi
- Spotted Crab: 2.4 mi
- Pete the Plastic Pelican: 2.8 mi
- Pelican on Parade: 4.0 mi
- Top Gun: 4.0 mi
- Tangled In Enchantment: 4.0 mi
- Fort Sumter History Museum: 1.1 mi
- Vietnam Experience Exhibit: 3.5 mi
- Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum: 3.6 mi
- USS Yorktown: 3.7 mi
- Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon: 4.2 mi
- Mrs. Whaley's Garden: 4.3 mi
- Heyward-Washington House Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Lenhardt Garden: 4.6 mi
- The Marion And Wayland H. Cato Jr. Garden: 4.8 mi
- Alicia's Garden: 4.8 mi
- Cummings Point: 1.7 mi
- Grice Beach: 2.2 mi
- Grice Beach: 2.3 mi
- Sunrise Park Beach: 3.5 mi
- Capers Island Boneyard: 11.6 mi
- Dills Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Church Flats Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Avian Conservation Center: 14.0 mi
- Caw Caw Interpretive Center: 18.7 mi
- Dorchester: 22.4 mi
- Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site: 23.5 mi
- Persimmon Hill: 22.6 mi
- Raven Hill: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Moultrie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persimmon Hill | NW 326° | 18 m | 22.6 mi |
| Raven Hill | WNW 289° | 5 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 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, under a mile away.
- Brown Pelican185 obs
- Laughing Gull183 obs
- Cannonball Jelly148 obs
- beach evening-primrose113 obs
- firewheel111 obs
- Boat-tailed Grackle101 obs
- Gulf Fritillary101 obs
- Sanderling97 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/633647335
Day trips start here
- Sullivan's Island · 1 mi
- Isle of Palms · 4 mi
- Mount Pleasant · 4 mi
- Charleston · 5 mi
- Folly Beach · 8 mi
- Greater Charleston · 9 mi
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