Isle of Palms South Carolina Map

About Isle of Palms, South Carolina

Isle of Palms is a locality in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,347. The population density is 378.4 people per km². Isle of Palms is located at 32.8039°N, 79.7524°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Isle of Palms is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 29464, 29451.

Isle of Palms stretches across a slender barrier of sand and maritime forest, caught in a perpetual dialogue between the shifting tides and the vast Atlantic Ocean. It lies 4.0 miles east of Mount Pleasant, SC (from Mount Pleasant, SC: bearing 97°T), and is situated 7.9 miles east of Charleston. The landscape remains defined by the salt-bleached dune lines and the low, swaying cordgrass that edges the brackish channels near the coast. At the Isle of Palms Beach Access, the horizon dissolves into a haze of pale blue, where the light at dusk flattens the water into a sheet of hammered pewter. Beyond the immediate dunes, the ground holds the damp, heavy scent of decay and growth, a reminder of the coastal marshes that anchor the island against the relentless push of the sea.

Little Goat Island sits quietly in the nearby shallows, a remnant of the wilder, unmanicured edges that once dominated this entire littoral zone. The economy of Isle of Palms relies heavily on the seasonal rhythm of hospitality, drawing those who seek the quietude of the shoreline away from the denser hubs of the Lowcountry. History here is marked by the slow transformation from isolated coastal retreat to a residential enclave, though the hum of Conch Creek, located three miles inland, still carries the echoes of a time when the waterways served as the primary arteries of local commerce. Life follows the lunar cycle, and even on the horizon, the distant, hazy silhouette of Long Ridge offers a stark, geological contrast to the flat, water-bound reality of the island. Five miles away, the dark, still waters of Lake Wackedaw provide a inland anchor, grounding the geography in a landscape where water and earth are rarely separate for long.

About This Isle of Palms Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Isle of Palms, South Carolina. Coordinates: 32.803944, -79.752353. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Isle of Palms includes the ZIP code (29464, 29451), telephone area code (864), county seat of Charleston County (Charleston), and school district assignment (Charleston County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.