Washington Square
Washington Square is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Persimmon Hill stands 18 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is George Washington Statue, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Fort Johnson Road Scenic Highway passes 2.5 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Charleston
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Fort Johnson Road Scenic Highway
- 3.2 mi off the Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway
- 3.9 mi off the Riverland Drive Scenic Highway
- 6.6 mi off the Long Point Road Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Washington Light Infantry Momument: 0.0 mi
- Fireproof Building: 0.0 mi
- Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson: 0.0 mi
- City Hall: 0.0 mi
- P.G.T. Beauregard: 0.0 mi
- Lawrimore Park: 0.0 mi
- American Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Hazel Parker Playground: 0.3 mi
- Joe Riley Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
- Logan Street Triangle Park: 0.4 mi
- Preservation Society of Charleston: 0.1 mi
- Rainbow Row (North End): 0.2 mi
- Rainbow Row (South End): 0.2 mi
- Charleston City Market: 0.3 mi
- South Echo Rock: 0.3 mi
- George Washington Statue: 0.0 mi
- Henry Timrod: 0.0 mi
- Renoir Redux: 0.1 mi
- Sol Blatt, Jr. Statue: 0.1 mi
- The Hat Man: 0.1 mi
- South Carolina Historical Society Museum: 0.0 mi
- Postal Museum: 0.1 mi
- Gibbes Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
- Heyward-Washington House: 0.1 mi
- The Old Slave Mart: 0.1 mi
- Lenhardt Garden: 0.1 mi
- Heyward-Washington House Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Mrs. Whaley's Garden: 0.3 mi
- Alicia's Garden: 0.4 mi
- Stern Student Center Garden: 0.5 mi
- Sunrise Park Beach: 1.8 mi
- Grice Beach: 2.8 mi
- Grice Beach: 2.9 mi
- Cummings Point: 4.3 mi
- Capers Island Boneyard: 14.9 mi
- Raven Hill: 19.3 mi
- Persimmon Hill: 19.3 mi
- Rosom Hill: 24.0 mi
- Dills Bluff: 2.3 mi
- Church Flats Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Caw Caw Interpretive Center: 14.3 mi
- Avian Conservation Center: 16.3 mi
- Dorchester: 18.2 mi
- Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Washington Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persimmon Hill | NNW 334° | 18 m | 19.3 mi |
| Rosom Hill | WNW 299° | 15 m | 24.0 mi |
| Raven Hill | WNW 290° | 5 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 19:55 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:41 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 78 | 69 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dwtn Charleston, under a mile away.
- Boat-tailed Grackle235 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron227 obs
- Green Anole223 obs
- Brown Pelican188 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel187 obs
- southern live oak156 obs
- Laughing Gull150 obs
- Spanish moss147 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/493934159
Day trips start here
- Charleston · 0 mi
- Sullivan's Island · 5 mi
- Greater Charleston · 6 mi
- Mount Pleasant · 6 mi
- Folly Beach · 8 mi
- Isle of Palms · 8 mi
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