Our trip to Charleston continued with a stop at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island. The fort is the third on the site since 1776 built to defend the harbor of Charleston. At the beginning of the Spanish-American War in 1898, two modern concrete bunkhouse structures, Battery Bingham and Battery McCorkle were quickly constructed inside Fort Moultrie. Battery Jasper was constructed just east of the fort. The army ceased operations at the fort in 1947 and turned it over to the National Park Service in 1960. At the time of our visit in February 2021, the interior of the fort was closed for renovations and the visitor center across the street was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| Visitor entrance |
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| A glimpse inside |
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| Visitor center from the fort |
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| A wheelchair accessible ramp avoids these stairs |
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| Picnic table near the visitor center parking lot |
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| A buoyant mine |
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| Park headquarters was formerly the torpedo storehouse |
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| Masonry exterior north wall of the fort |
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| Visitor tour entrance when the fort is open |
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| Slanted west exterior wall |
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| Mouth of Charleston Harbor |
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| Fort Sumter |
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| Cannon visible above the fort wall |
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| Southeast side of the fort |
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| Another cannon |
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| A sidewalk instead of a trail |
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| Revolutionary War era cannon |
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| An observation post for Battery Bingham and Battery McCorkle |
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| A former entryway has been bricked up |
An entry fee of $10 for a seven-day adult pass is collected at Fort Moultrie. Credit or debit cards are accepted, cash is not accepted at this location. Interagency America the Beautiful passes are also accepted.
The park website is https://www.nps.gov/fosu/index.htm.
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