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Nature Trail on Capers Island. Capers Island is a state-owned barrier island on the Atlantic Ocean in Charleston County, South Carolina about 15 miles north of the city of Charleston. It is separated from the mainland by salt marshes and the Intracoastal Waterway. To the southwest it is separated from the barrier island Dewees Island by
The Sea Islands are a chain of over a hundred tidal and barrier islands on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the Southeastern United States, between the mouths of the Santee and St. Johns rivers along South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The largest is Johns Island, South Carolina. Sapelo Island is home to the Gullah people.
Folly Island is a barrier island in the Atlantic Ocean near Charleston, South Carolina. It is one of the Sea Islands and is within the boundaries of Charleston County, South Carolina . During the American Civil War , the 7-square-mile (18 km 2 ) island served as a major staging area for troops of the Union Army that were attacking Confederate ...
The Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge is a 66,287 acre (267 km²) National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern South Carolina near Awendaw, South Carolina. The refuge lands and waters encompass water impoundments, creeks and bays, emergent salt marsh and barrier islands. 29,000 acres (120 km 2) are designated as a wilderness area. Most of the ...
At the mouth of the Charleston harbor, Morris Island is known for its historic lighthouse. For those who want a quiet view of South Carolina history from an undeveloped, small island, the trip is ...
The island is part of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. Alternative spellings and variants of the name itself include "Kiawa", "Kittiwar" (in DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy), and "Kittiwah" (in George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess). Census Tract 21.04, located on the island, has a per capita income of $168,369 ...
Johns Island is an island in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, and is the largest island in the state of South Carolina. Johns Island is bordered by the Wadmalaw , Seabrook , Kiawah , Edisto , Folly , and James islands; the Stono and Kiawah rivers separate Johns Island from its border islands.
Seabrook Island, formerly known as Simmons Island, [5] is a barrier island in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,714 at the 2010 census, [6] up from 1,250 in 2000. Seabrook Island is part of the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area.