NPS Sites Near Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina has five National Park Service units within 150 miles. Fort Sumter National Monument, located 18.5 miles from the city center and including Fort Moultrie, is the most visited site with 814,658 annual recreation visits. Congaree National Park lies 68 miles away and received 287,833 visits, while Fort Pulaski National Monument, situated 87 miles distant near Savannah, Georgia, attracted 320,926 visits annually. Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, the closest at 16 miles, recorded 23,758 visits.
Ninety Six National Historic Site, located 139.1 miles from Charleston, is the most distant unit in the regional cluster, with annual visitation of 122,732. These five sites represent a range of park types—monuments, a historic site, and a national park—spanning the Lowcountry and nearby interior regions. Visitors planning trips to the Charleston area can access Revolutionary War and Civil War history, ecological resources, and early American settlements across this network of protected sites.
| NPS unit | Annual visits |
|---|---|
| Charles Pinckney National Historic Site · 16.0 mi | 23,758 (2025) |
| Fort Sumter (Includes Fort Moultrie-Fomo) National Monument · 18.5 mi | 814,658 (2025) |
| Congaree National Park · 68.0 mi | 287,833 (2025) |
| Fort Pulaski National Monument · 87.0 mi | 320,926 (2025) |
| Ninety Six National Historic Site · 139.1 mi | 122,732 (2025) |
| Moores Creek National Battlefield · 147.7 mi | 55,708 (2025) |
| Fort Frederica National Monument · 149.8 mi | 108,043 (2025) |
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Nearby-NPS units and their annual recreation visits are from the NPS Visitor Use Statistics package (haversine match within 150 mi of the city centroid), verified June 2026. Null visitation renders as “n/a”, never 0. How we compile this.