Sullivans Island is easily accessed from Mount Pleasant by driving over the Ben Sawyer Bridge. This is a very popular beach area with plenty of street parking in designated areas. Sullivans Island also has a host of quality restaurants including some interesting haunts such as Poe's - a casual restaurant named after a former Island resident you m
ay know, Edgar Allan Poe.
Sullivan's Island has numerous permanent residence and some beautiful upscale beach homes as well as some less impressive homes tucked away on the island.
A portion of Sullivan's Island was once an army post. In fact, the history of Sullivan's Island stretches back to the beginning of South Carolina as Fort Moultrie, located near the northern end of the island, was the location for the first naval defeat of the British during the Revolutionary war. South Carolina's state symbol, the Palmetto tree, is rooted in the battle of Sullivan's Island where Palmetto logs were used to reinforce the walls of what was then known as Fort Palmetto, later to be named Fort Moultrie (after its commander during that battle). The Palmetto logs provided an exceptional defense against British cannons lending a huge effort to defeat of the British.
Through World War II, Fort Moultrie was used as an active coastal defense outpost. Fort Moultrie is open daily and is maintained by the National Park Service.
Fort Moultrie