Fort Sumter Concessioner

Aerial view of Fort Sumter with a ferry boat at the dock.

Fort Sumter is located on a small island in Charleston Harbor and is accessible only by boat.

Ferry service to Fort Sumter is provided by a National Park Service authorized concessioner. The current concessioner for the ferry service to Fort Sumter is Fort Sumter Tours, Inc. For more information including departure locations, times and ticket prices, please visit the Fort Sumter Tours website.

Visitors with access to a private boat may visit Fort Sumter free of charge whenever the site is open.

Did You Know?

Composite photos of Maj. Anderson (left) and Gen. Beauregard (right)

Union Maj. Robert Anderson, commanding Fort Sumter, and Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, commanding Charleston's forces during the first battle of the Civil War, knew each other since the 1830s. Anderson was Beauregard's artillery instructor at West Point. Fort Sumter National Monument, SC