• Currier & Ives lithograph depicting the bombardment of Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    National Monument South Carolina

  • Fort Sumter Elevators Out Of Service

    The elevators at Fort Sumter are out of service until further notice. Disabled visitors departing from Liberty Square will have access to restrooms on board the ferry boat while at Fort Sumter. For more information, please call (843) 883-3123.

Nature & Science

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Eastern Spadefoot Frog (Scaphiopus Holbrookii)
Allan Cressler
 

The park is in the process of establishing a long term inventory and monitoring program of pertinent natural resources within the park's greater ecosystem. Completed resource briefs and reports are included on this page. This is an ongoing project and the park staff hopes to post more here as they become available.

 
 
 
 
 

Did You Know?

15-inch Rodman cannons at Fort Moultrie

Fort Sumter National Monument has one of the best collections of 19th century seacoast artillery anywhere in the United States. Fort Sumter National Monument, SC