Castle Pinckney Light, Charleston

#84 among attractions in Charleston

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Castle Pinckney Light is a former lighthouse on Shutes' Folly Island in Charleston Harbor, Charleston County, South Carolina. ()

Coordinates: 32°46'25"N, 79°54'40"W

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Charleston United States

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Castle Pinckney Light – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Statue of William Moultrie, Waterfront Park, The Battery, United States Custom House.

1.1 miW
Monuments and statues
Statue of William Moultrie, Charleston
28 min walk • The William Moultrie statue is a monumental statue in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Located in White Point Garden, the statue was unveiled in 2007 and honors William Moultrie, a general in the American Revolutionary War.
0.9 miW
Park, Art museum, Museum
Waterfront Park, Charleston
22 min walk • Waterfront Park is an eight-acre park along approximately one-half mile of the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. The park received the 2007 Landmark Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
1.1 miW
Park, View point, Historical place
The Battery, Charleston
28 min walk • The Battery is a landmark defensive seawall and promenade in Charleston, South Carolina. Named for a civil-war coastal defense artillery battery at the site, it stretches along the lower shores of the Charleston peninsula, bordered by the Ashley and Cooper Rivers, which meet here to form Charleston harbor.
1 miNW
City hall, Greek Revival architecture
United States Custom House, Charleston
27 min walk • The U.S. Custom House or U.S. Customhouse is the custom house in Charleston, South Carolina. Construction began in 1852, but was interrupted in 1859 due to costs and the possibility of South Carolina's secession from the Union.
1 miN
Museum in a Cold War–era submarine
USS Clamagore, Charleston
27 min walk • USS Clamagore is a Balao-class submarine, presently a museum ship at the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum outside Charleston, South Carolina. Built in 1945 for the United States Navy, she was still in training when World War II ended. She was named for the clamagore.
1.1 miW
Theater, Concerts and shows
Dock Street Theatre, Charleston
29 min walk • The Dock Street Theatre is a theater in the historic French Quarter neighborhood of downtown Charleston, South Carolina.
1 miW
Vernacular architecture
Rainbow Row, Charleston
25 min walk • Rainbow Row is the name for a series of thirteen colorful historic houses in Charleston, South Carolina. The houses are located north of Tradd St. and south of Elliott St. on East Bay Street, that is, 79 to 107 East Bay Street.
1.5 miNW
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
Gaillard Center, Charleston
38 min walk • The Gaillard Center is a concert hall and performance venue in Charleston, South Carolina. It opened in 2015 and replaced the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium. Both buildings were named after John Palmer Gaillard Jr. mayor of Charleston from 1959 to 1975.
0.9 miW
32°46'37"N • 79°55'37"W
The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, Charleston
25 min walk • Museum, History museum, Historical place
0.9 miW
Park, Playground
Hazel Parker Playground, Charleston
23 min walk • Hazel Parker Playground is a public park in Charleston, South Carolina named after Hazel V. Parker in 1977. Hazel Parker was the recreation supervisor at the playground starting in 1942. The playground was formerly known as the East Bay Playground. The land had been owned by the Port Utilities Commission.
1.1 miW
Museum, Art gallery, Historical place
Pink House, Charleston
28 min walk • Pink House is a historic house and art gallery at 17 Chalmers Street in Charleston, South Carolina that is one of the oldest buildings in South Carolina and is the second oldest residence in Charleston after the Colonel William Rhett House.

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Which popular attractions are close to Castle Pinckney Light?

Nearby attractions include Fort Ripley Shoal Light, Charleston (19 min walk), Carolina Yacht Club, Charleston (21 min walk), Waterfront Park, Charleston (22 min walk), Hazel Parker Playground, Charleston (23 min walk).