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South Carolina Day 8: Edisto Plantations

28 October 2023 • 251 km / 156 mi (map)

We came back from Savannah this morning to spend a bit of time with our friends and also to see a few favorite places near Charleston. We’re staying for the next couple nights in an AirBNB in Johns Island. The highlight for today was the rare opportunity to tour some of the historic plantation homes near Edisto Island.

The tour was organized by the Edisto Island Historic Preservation Society. One of the ground rules for the tour was that no photography was allowed inside any of the houses. Outdoor photos, however, were welcomed and here are some from the three plantations we visited:

Weathered tabby ruins sit on a grassy clearing shaded by live oaks draped in Spanish moss and cabbage palmettos, with an old iron hand pump nearby and a tidal river and marsh visible in the background under a deep blue sky.
Sunny Side Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
A close-up of coquina rock, a coarse natural conglomerate packed with countless fragmented and whole seashells cemented together in gray sandy matrix, with a smoother darker patch of exposed matrix near the top.
Sunny Side Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
A tidal salt marsh with tall green and golden grasses growing in still, calm water under a clear deep-blue sky, with a low tree line on the horizon and a small wooden dock at the left edge of the frame.
Sunny Side Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Sunny Side Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina · by Lisa Rozmyn
Sunny Side Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
A massive spreading live oak with wide low branches draped in Spanish moss stands over a sunlit grassy lawn, with a white picket and rail fence, shrubs, and a wooded background beyond.
Seaside Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
A massive live oak tree with a broad, gnarled trunk and sprawling moss-draped branches stands in a sunny grassy field, casting dappled shade on the lawn. A simple wooden plank swing hangs from one branch, with a white picket and rail fence and a line of trees in the background under a bright blue sky.
Seaside Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Seaside Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Crawford Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
A live oak draped with long strands of Spanish moss catches afternoon sunlight above a landscaped yard with green shrubs, a pine-straw mulch bed, and a gravel drive in the foreground casting dappled shadows.
Crawford Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Looking up into the sprawling canopy of a massive live oak draped with Spanish moss, its thick branches spreading against a clear blue sky with sunlight filtering through the leaves.
Crawford Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
A massive live oak with gnarled bark and long branches draped in Spanish moss stands in the foreground, its limbs reaching across a sunlit lawn. In the background, a white screened pavilion with a red roof sits beside a small pond, with a rope swing hanging from the oak and more moss-hung trees behind.
Crawford Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Savannah, Georgia, to Johns Island, South Carolina · 251 km / 156 mi
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