Interpretive Trail

Charles Pinckney National Historic Site

(Mount Pleasant, SC)

TrailMap

Description: Starting from the parking area you will be on a well defined, easy walking crushed rock walkway, which extends across the site. Stop at the house, which serves as an information center, and pick up a trail map and information guide. The map and guide are helpful because part of the trail is across a grassy area, and is only defined by small colored flags. You will pass a slave village site and into a wooded area, which opens at a boardwalk overlooking a branch of Wampacheone Creek. As you return, you will pass the maintenance building and see a model of a rice trunk. Rice trunks were used to control water flow in the rice fields that once dominated this area.

Length: 0.75 mile

Directions: From Mount Pleasant, drive northeast on US 17 (approximately 6.0 miles from the Cooper River Bridge) and turn left onto Long Point Road. The Charles Pinckney Historical Site is 0.5 mile on the left.

Fees: None.

Hours: Open daily 9 to 5. Closed on Christmas Day.

Camping: No camping.

Information: NPS - Charles Pinckney NHS, 1214 Middle St., Sullivans Island, SC, 29482. Telephone: 843-881-5516, Fax. 843-881-7070.