The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop

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Day182

Day 182 — Fort Sumter — Charleston

Full day5h planned

146Skyline Drive 147Luray Caverns 148Down to Charlottesville 149Jefferson's Charlottesville 150East to Richmond 151The Capitol & the Revolution 152Civil War & art 153To the Historic Triangle 154Colonial Williamsburg 155Jamestown & Yorktown 156Virginia Beach 157South to the Outer Banks 158First Flight 159Lighthouses & the Seashore 160Free / Beach Day 161Inland to the Triangle 162The Capital & its museums 163Durham & the campuses 164West to Asheville 165Biltmore 166The Blue Ridge & Mount Mitchell 167Free Day 168Down to Charlotte 169Speedways & Uptown 170Southeast to the coast 171Riverfront & Battleship 172Into South Carolina 173Falls Park & Main Street 174East to Congaree 175The Old-Growth Swamp 176Into the capital 177The Capital & the Zoo 178East to the Grand Strand 179The Grand Strand 180Down to Charleston 181The Historic District 182Fort Sumter 183Plantations & the Angel Oak 184Free Day 185Into the Lowcountry 186Beaufort & the Gullah coast 187Down to Savannah 188The Squares 189Gothic Savannah 190Free Day 191Out to Tybee 192Beach & Lighthouse 193South to the Golden Isles 194Jekyll & St. Simons 195Inland to Athens 196Campus & the Clubs 197North to Helen 198Alpine Georgia 199Down to Atlanta 200Downtown icons 201Civil rights 202Art & the BeltLine 203Free Day 204South to Florida

Where the Civil War began.

9:30 AM – 12:30 PM· 3h
Fort Sumter National MonumentSomber & Civil-Rights SitesAnchor
Ferry out to the harbor fort where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in April 1861.
Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, SC
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM· 2h
The Charleston MuseumMuseums & History
America's first museum (1773), telling the Lowcountry's layered story.
360 Meeting St, Charleston, SC