Hampton Park
Hampton Park is a public park located in peninsular Charleston, South Carolina, United States. At 60 acres, it is the largest park on the peninsula. It is bordered by The Citadel to the west, Hampton Park Terrace to the south, North Central to the east, and Wagener Terrace to the north.Photo: ProfReader, Public domain.
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Park
- Description: urban park in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.
- Address: 30 Mary Murray Drive, Charleston, SC 29409
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Citadel and Denmark Vesey Monument.
The Citadel
College
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The Citadel Military College of South Carolina is a public senior military college in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Established in 1842, it is the third oldest of the six senior military colleges in the United States.
Denmark Vesey Monument
Memorial
The Denmark Vesey Monument is a monumental statue in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The monument was erected in 2014 in Hampton Park and honors Denmark Vesey, a freedman who lived in Charleston and was executed in 1822 for plotting a slave revolt.
Daniel Library
Library
The Daniel Library is the main library of The Citadel, and is located on the college's Charleston, South Carolina campus. The library holds approximately 180,000 volumes in addition to extensive digital collections.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hampton Park Terrace and Hampstead Village.
Hampton Park Terrace
Neighborhood
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Hampton Park Terrace is the name both of a neighborhood and a National Register district located in peninsular Charleston, South Carolina. The neighborhood is bounded on the west by The Citadel, on the north by Hampton Park, on the east by Rutledge Ave, and on the south by Congress St.
Hampstead Village
Quarter
Hampstead Village is a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina in the US, also known as the Eastside or the East Side. A prominent merchant, Henry Laurens, bought several tracts totaling 99 acres where Hampstead Village is today.
Charleston
Charleston is the largest and oldest city in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands.
Hampton Park
- Categories: urban park and recreation area
- Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.79953° or 32° 47′ 58″ northLongitude
-79.95638° or 79° 57′ 23″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Operator
CharlestonOpen location code
8742Q2XV+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 1475410292OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4581002Wikidata ID
Q5646262
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In Other Languages
“Hampton Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hampton Park”
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