South Carolina Lowcountry : Jasper County Area

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Jasper County Area

Blue Heron Nature Trail

Behind Comfort Inn, Ridgeland, Exit 21. (843)726-8148. Allows visitors the opportunity for a short stroll or extended adventure. The trail bed is constructed of ground recycled South Carolina tires & encircles a beautiful three-acre lake. The site has several docks from which visitors can feed large fish, turtles & ducks, as well as an extensive butterfly garden & a boardwalk through native wetlands.

Pauline Pratt Webel Museum

123 B East Wilson Street, Ridgeland

(843)726-6544. Offers a wonderful eclectic collection of artifacts, prints and other items... from ancient Indian pottery & arrow points to Civil War memorabilia.

Pratt Memorial Library

123A Wilson Street, Ridgeland,

(843)726-7744. More than 200 portraits & maps relating to the Lowcountry, 250 rare books on area history & many Native American artifacts, mostly from Jasper County.

Purrysburg Monument

Purrysburg Monument

Hwy. 34 & 203, 2 miles west of Hardeeville, Purrysburg Road. Lonely, cross-shaped monument on the Savannah River banks marks the site of a 1731 Swiss settlement.

Savannah National Wildlife Refuge

Sav Nat Wildlife Refuge US 17, Jasper County, (912)652-4415.

Established 1927, protects old rice fields & numerous species of wildlife including ducks, birds, deer, & alligators. Free 4-mile driving tour, sunrise to sunset. Tour buses call in advance.

Sergeant Jasper Park

(843)784-5130, near Hardeeville.

130 acres, picnic shelters, lake fishing. Argent Steam Engine

Banquet Room available.

Steam Engine No. 7

Main Street, Hardeeville. Once a workhorse of Argent Lumber Company operating in Hardeeville, the engine is a 1910 model & was actively used until 1957.

Thomas Heyward, Jr., Tomb

Hwy. 278 & 462 junction. Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Heyward

(1749-1809) lies buried at Old House Plantation. Free, open daily..

Thomas Heyward Tomb