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Shell Point South Carolina Map

Explore Shell Point, South Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Shell Point, South Carolina

How to Use This Shell Point, South Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Shell Point, South Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of South Carolina or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Shell Point.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Shell Point
State	South Carolina (SC)
County	Charleston County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	32.37564
Longitude	-80.753767
Population	2,281
Density	219.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	29455, 29906
Area Code	864, 843
County Seat	Charleston
School District	Beaufort County School District

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About Shell Point, South Carolina

Shell Point is a locality in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,281. The population density is 219.5 people per km². Shell Point is located at 32.3756°N, 80.7538°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 29455, 29906.

Shell Point emerges from the low, salt-stung horizon where the Stono River carves a serpentine path through the dense, verdant marshes. It lies 8.9 miles west-southwest of North Charleston, SC (from North Charleston, SC: bearing 239°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east-northeast of Hollywood. The air here holds a permanent, heavy moisture that clings to the skin, carrying the sharp scent of pluff mud and decaying cordgrass as the tide retreats toward the Atlantic Ocean. At Limehouse Point Park, the ground is soft and dark, a porous threshold between the solid earth and the fluid, shifting world of the tidal flats. On clear days, the distant silhouette of Long Ridge may tease the edge of the sky, but the immediate world is one of deep greens and shifting grays, where the horizon feels pressed close by the weight of the humid atmosphere.

Shell Point bears the quiet, layered marks of a landscape defined by the relentless cycle of water and the persistent influence of the Gullah-Geechee culture. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the river, with small-scale maritime work and local fishing grounding the daily labor of those who know the channels near Church Flats. While the modern world presses in from the north, life here maintains a deliberate pace, far removed from the bustle of Colonial Lake or the tourist-heavy paths toward the coast. Life persists in the quiet spaces between the trees, where the history of the land is not kept in books but in the way the light catches the water at dusk, illuminating the legacy of those who have navigated these intricate, tidal veins for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shell Point Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 091° E
Broad River Boat Landing (Local Recreation) — 1.6 mi, 311° NW
Cypress Wetlands (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 082° E
Burton Wells Park (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 000° N
Yellow Footprints (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 115° SE
United States Marine Corp War Memorial (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 112° E
We Make Marines sign (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 112° E
Elliott House Museum (Museum) — 6.1 mi, 051° NE
Thibault Gallery (Gallery) — 6.1 mi, 051° NE
Cannon (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 052° NE
Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.9 mi, 181° S · 7,086 acres
Waddell Mariculture Center Marshland (Recreation Easement) — 7.0 mi, 210° SW
Pigeon Point Boat Landing (Viewpoint) — 7.2 mi, 043° NE
Victoria Bluff Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 205° SW
Bull Point (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 179° S
Thomas Heyward Jr. (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 304° NW
Red Piano Too Art Gallery (Gallery) — 10.5 mi, 082° E
Cinemark Theater (Cinema) — 11.2 mi, 236° SW
Neptune's Statue (Public Artwork) — 13.5 mi, 174° S
Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 14.3 mi, 025° NE
St. Helena Sound Heritage Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 14.4 mi, 028° NE
Hilton Head Island (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 181° S
Park Place Cinemas (Cinema) — 15.5 mi, 183° S
Art League of Hilton Head Academy (Arts Centre) — 15.9 mi, 181° S
Hunting Island State Park (State Park) — 16.0 mi, 090° E
VIVID Gallery (Gallery) — 17.1 mi, 189° S
Kitchen Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 17.3 mi, 192° S
Domestic Slave Quarters (Historic Ruins) — 17.4 mi, 192° S
Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.0 mi, 005° N · 36k acres
Fort Pulaski National Monument (National Monument) — 24.8 mi, 197° S · 11k acres

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