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Park map of the Ninety-Six National Historic Site in South Carolina. The map is green with walking tour trails represented by bold gray dashed lines and other trails represented by thin gray dashed lines.

Extended Description

State Route 248 cuts shallowly, almost vertically, across the top left corner of the map. It continues off the top edge “To present-day town of Ninety-Six, 2 miles (3 kilometers)” and off the bottom edge “To Interstate 178.” Two parking lots are just off State Route 248, where there are also the Visitor Center, restrooms, Park Headquarters, and Logan Log House.

A Walking Tour starts at the visitor center and creates a loop across the park’s width. Nine tour stops are labeled with white numbers in dark green circles. Headed east from the visitor center, stop #1 is about a third of the way across the upper leg of the loop. Numbers 2 and 3 are at the northeast tip near the start of some blue lines representing Patriot siege trenches and the nearby Historic route of Island Ford Road, which leads south into the historic town of Ninety-Six. Number 4 is labeled Observation platform, and 5 is near Siege Trenches on the northeast shoulder of the loop. Rifle Tower and Mine Entry are between 5 and 6, and the latter has a leaderline pointing to the Patriot siege trench.

Next and near here is number 7, the red-outlined eight-pointed Star Fort, which has a line labeled Traverse and a Well inside. The red represents Loyalist fortifications, and a red dotted line labeled “Communication trench site” leads southwest from the fort to number 8, which is next to a red-outlined rectangle around the Town of Ninety-Six site, 1781 stockade site. A larger, trapezoid made with a gray dashed line overlaps the red rectangle and is labeled 1775 stockade site. This also encloses three structures of the Jail site to the west. Another red dotted line labeled “Communication trench site” continues west to number 9, Stockade Fort, where text reads, “Reconstruction of 1781 Holmes’ Fort (also site of 1775 Williamson’s Fort).” The footprints of four buildings are connected by red lines. The trail curves north past the James Birmingham Memorial and travels by a picnic area before ending at the visitor center.

South of the Town of Ninety-Six site, the solid white line representing the historic route of Island Ford Road turns into a black dashed line encased in white representing the historic route of Charleston Road. The Gouedy Trail follows this path. A white solid line turning west at the end of Island Ford Road represents the historic route of Whitehall Road. The Daughters of the American Revolution marker and Mayson gravesite are near a gate at the intersection of the historic route of Whitehall Road and State Route 248.

Across the bottom of the map, the Historic route of Cherokee Path is a white solid line on the left half and a black dashed line enclosed in white on the right half. The Cherokee Path Trail branches off the southern leg of the Walking Trail and meets the Historic Route about halfway across the map. Hamilton’s Survey Line of 1751 cuts across the bottom right quadrant.

Legend

A scale in the bottom left of the map measures distances of 100 meters and 500 Feet.

Below the scale the legend reads as follows:

Number in green circle for Tour stop,

Bold gray dashed line for Walking tour trail (paved),

Thin gray dashed line for Other trail (unpaved),

Blue curved line for Patriot siege trenches,

Red zigzagging line for Loyalist fortifications, and

White block for Historic structure site.

Below the legend is a note that reads, “Some historic structures are marked on the ground with colored posts.”