Charleston

CHARLESTONSTARTER

Fountain, Row and Battery

≈ 1,600 steps0.8 mi · about 1.5 hoursStarter · 3 stops · 500 credStart where you live.

Three stops along the harbour edge, from the fountain in Waterfront Park past the painted houses of East Bay Street to the oaks of White Point Garden. About a mile on flat sidewalk, ninety minutes at an easy pace, free the whole way.

CHARLESTONSTANDARD

Over the Cooper

≈ 3,000 steps + 12 mi by car1.4 mi on foot · about 4 hoursStandard · 4 stops · 600 credOne trip earns it.

Four stops from the Fort Sumter ferry plaza, up and over the Ravenel Bridge on foot, out along the long pier and down the Shem Creek boardwalk for the shrimp boats at dusk. Plan on half a day and about five miles of walking, with a climb in the middle.

CHARLESTONSTANDARD

Steeples and Cobblestones

≈ 1,300 steps0.6 mi · about 2.5 hoursStandard · 4 stops · 600 credOne trip earns it.

Four stops in the old walled city: a church at the Four Corners of Law, the colonial exchange, a pink stone tavern on a cobbled street and the steeple that closes the view up Church Street. A compact morning on foot, two to three hours with time to look up.

CHARLESTONSTANDARD

Wharf, Square and Ironwork

≈ 5,000 steps2.4 mi · about 3.5 hoursStandard · 5 stops · 600 credOne trip earns it.

Five stops up the peninsula, from the long market sheds to the garden on Gadsden's Wharf, then Marion Square, an antebellum townhouse left as it stood and a blacksmith's park on the Eastside. About three and a half hours on foot.

CHARLESTONADVANCED

Oak, Pier and Two Lighthouses

≈ 2,000 steps + 44 mi by car1.0 mi on foot · a full day · + the walk in to 1 stopAdvanced · 6 stops · 800 credGetting there is not the hard part.

A full day by car around the islands: the Angel Oak on Johns Island, the Folly Beach pier, the Morris Island Lighthouse seen from the end of Folly, then Mount Pleasant's old causeway bridge and the fort and lighthouse of Sullivan's Island. Angel Oak Park keeps daytime hours and Fort Moultrie has an entry fee.