Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument is located on Cockspur Island between Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia. It preserves Fort Pulaski, the place where the Union Army successfully tested rifled cannons in 1862, the success of which rendered brick fortifications obsolete.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: national monument in the United States
- Also known as: “FOPU”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cockspur Island Light.
Cockspur Island Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Bubba73, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cockspur Island Light is the smallest lighthouse in Georgia. It ceased operation as an active beacon in 1909. It has been relit since 2007 for historical rather than navigational purposes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tybee Island and Talahi Island.
Tybee Island
Photo: Sam DeLong, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tybee Island is a popular beach town and barrier island 18 mi east of Savannah along the Atlantic coast of Georgia.
Talahi Island
Village
Talahi Island is a barrier island, unincorporated community, and census-designated place in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,247 at the 2020 census. Talahi Island is situated 5 miles west of Fort Pulaski National Monument.
Wilmington Island
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wilmington Island is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Chatham County, Georgia. The population was 15,129 at the time of the 2020 U.S. census. Wilmington Island is situated 5 miles west of Fort Pulaski National Monument.
Fort Pulaski National Monument
- Categories: National Monument of the United States, National Park System unit, heritage site, national monument, fort, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Chatham County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.02706° or 32° 1′ 37″ northLongitude
-80.89087° or 80° 53′ 27″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
864X24G5+RMOpenStreetMap ID
way 229889896OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Fort Pulaski National Monument” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fort Pulaski National Monument”
- Chinese: “普拉斯基堡”
- Chinese: “珀拉斯凯堡”
- Danish: “Fort Pulaski”
- Dutch: “Fort Pulaski National Monument”
- French: “fort Pulaski National Monument”
- French: “Fort Pulaski National Monument”
- German: “Fort Pulaski National Monument”
- German: “Fort Pulaski”
- Greek: “Οχυρό Πουλάσκι”
- Hebrew: “מבצר פולסקי”
- Hebrew: “פורט פולאסקי”
- Polish: “Fort Pulaski National Monument”
- Polish: “Fort Pulaski”
- Polish: “Fort Pułaski”
- Swedish: “Fort Pulaski nationalmonument”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Pulaski National Monument”. Photo: Edibobb, CC BY 3.0.