AT T R AC T I O N AND EV ENTS
» Carolina Ice Palace 7665 Northwoods Blvd. North Charleston, SC 29406 843-572-2717 www.carolinaicepalace.com Single Adult Admission: $7-$10 Two National Hockey League-size ice skating rinks, sports lounge, meeting rooms, pro shop, birthday party rooms, catering, figure skating, hockey
9850 U.S. Highway 78 Ladson, SC 29456 843-572-3161 office@coastalcarolinafair.org www.coastalcarolinafair.org Single Adult Admission: $8 Fair that runs for 11 days starting the last Thursday in October
tory Interpretive Center
5200 Savannah Highway Ravenel, SC 29470 843-889-8898 www.ccprc.com Single Adult Admission: $1 654-acre site with intact rice fields, interpretive trails, exhibit center, wildlife
» Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site
» The Center for Birds of Prey
» Charles Pinckney
National Historic Site
1254 Long Point Road Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 843-881-5516 http://www.nps.gov/chpi/index.htm Admission: Free Country estate of Charles Pinckney; Constitution history, archaeology, African-American history
» Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
1500 Old Towne Road Charleston, SC 29407 843-852-4200 ctlandingsp@scprt.com
6617 Maybank Highway Wadmalaw Island, SC 29487 843-559-0383 jknight@rcbigelow.com www.charlestonteaplantation.com Single Adult Admission: Factory tour free; trolley ride $10 Tea plantation with informational tours of the on-site factory and trolley rides designed to educate the public on the growing and processing of tea
» Coastal Carolina Fair
» Caw Caw Nature & His-
4872 Seewee Road Awendaw, SC 29429 843-971-7474 www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org Single Adult Admission: $15 Live birds of prey in a natural setting; information on the role birds of prey play in the environment
» Charleston Tea Plantation
The alley of live oaks in front of the Legare Waring House at Charles Towne Landing. www.charlestownelanding.travel Single Adult Admission: $10 Site of first permanent English settlement in the Carolinas, Rivers and marsh views, trails, history trails and an animal forest exhibit with bison, puma, black bear, otters, various shore birds, wild turkey and more.
» Charleston International
» The Charleston Museum 360 Meeting St. Charleston, SC 29403 843-722-2996 www.charlestonmuseum.org Single Adult Admission: $12 America’s first museum, showcasing a variety of cultural and natural history artifacts relating to the South Carolina Lowcountry
Antiques Show
» Charleston RiverDogs
56 Beaufain St. Charleston, SC 29401 843-722-3405 www.historiccharleston.org Single Adult Admission: $15 Held in March, more than 30 of the nation’s exhibitors represent American, Asian and European antiques from the 17th to early 20th centuries
360 Fishburne St. Charleston, SC 29403 843-723-7241 www.riverdogs.com Single Adult Admission: $9-$19 Minor league baseball; facility also hosts numerous non-baseball events, fundraisers and concerts
300 State Park Road Summerville, SC 29485 843-873-1740 www.southcarolinaparks.com/parkfinder/state-park/725.aspx Single Adult Admission: $2; $1.25 for S.C. seniors Archaeological park on the site of Dorchester, an inland trading town on the Ashley River that flourished from 1697 through the Revolutionary War
» Cypress Gardens 3030 Cypress Gardens Road Moncks Corner, SC 29461 843-553-0515 hgraham@berkeleycountysc.gov www.cypressgardens.info Single Adult Admission: $10 170-acre swamp garden with swamparium, butterfly house, museum, boat tours and walking trails, three indoor meeting venues, outdoor gazebos
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Photo/Ryan Wilcox
house museum on the Charleston peninsula