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Fort Fremont Preserve
Fort Fremont Preserve, South Carolina, United States
Accessible Parking, Accessible Washroom - Stall, Quiet, Scent Free, Service Animal Friendly, Spacious
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Fort Fremont Preserve is developed with concrete sidewalks along the base of the two fort batteries, leading to a picnic pavilion, and leading to the History Center. There are several interpretive signs along the sidewalk pathways, and the History Center is open on Friday's, Saturday's and Sunday's where volunteer docents assist the public and provide tours of the property.In partnership with
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L1andAbove
a year agoRated Accessible
Accessible Parking, Accessible Washroom - Stall, Quiet, Scent Free, Service Animal Friendly, Spacious
Fort Fremont was one of six fortifications designed to protect the southeastern coast during the Spanish American War. It was a revolution in technology at the time with 10-inch breech-loaded disappearing cannons and 4.7-inch rapid fire guns. However, World War I started soon after and rendered the fort obsolete, so it was abandoned. Today it's an historical landmark complete with a public history center full of dioramas, artifacts, and a docent to give an immersive historic experience. The history center has fully handicap accessible restrooms and water fountains. The fort is paved for the most part. The walkways are big enough for any chair but not wide enough for partners to walk by your side. There's a pavilion complete with wheelchair accessible tables overlooking the Port Royal Sound. If you're in a wheelchair and really want to go inside the rooms of the fort, the ground is soft but manageable with a wheelie and some upper body strength or a pull from a friend. The doorways are wide enough for chairs mostly and all the rooms have cement floors. The fort is hilly. There's not really anything flat about it with the exception of the history center. I'm an L-1 para and manage fine but for some quads in a manual chair there might be a small issue. Motorized chairs would be just fine. If you have a strong friend, there's a hill that would be manageable for someone to pull you up, so you can see the top of the fort. Otherwise, you can't really see the top other than dioramas they have setup in the history center. There's only one handicap parking spot. The other parking spaces are loose gravel with a small lip to get to the paved parking lot.
