• Aerial View of the Star Fort by William A. Bake

    Ninety Six

    National Historic Site South Carolina

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  • NEW OPERATING HOURS AND CLOSURES

    Effective 3.10.13 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Visitor Center & parking is CLOSED Wednesdays & Thursdays. Fridays - Tuesdays, the park will be open 10 AM - 4 PM. Star Fort Pond is CLOSED 9 AM Sundays – 9 AM Tuesdays.

Join Our Friends

To Volunteer directly with the Park, please contact us or you may become a member of our Friends group.

 

Become a member of Volunteers 96!

Membership of Volunteers 96 is made up of persons whose primary interest is the well being of the Park. Members are dedicated to the ideal that it supports those special needs identified by the Park.


Goal: "...to interpret, to protect, and to preserve Ninety Six National Historic Site for this and future generations."


Opportunities:

  • Assistance in special projects
  • Special events
  • Reseach and Visitor Center
  • Monitoring bird houses
  • Fundraising
  • Adopt-a-Highway program
  • Trail maintenance
  • Much more!
 
Living History reenactors at the Black Swan Tavern

Living History reenactors

Ninety Six National Historic Site

For further information contact:

Volunteers 96

PO Box 495

Ninety Six, SC 29666

To learn more about Volunteers 96, the Heart of the Park, visit our news archive section.

Did You Know?

Swivel gun

Ninety Six got its name around 1730 because it was believed to be 96 miles from here to Keowee, which was a Lower Cherokee town, around Clemson, SC today. You can view the remnants of the Cherokee Path & many other historic roads at Ninety Six National Historic Site.