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Point South, the gateway to Charleston and Beaufort, is located in Jasper County at the intersection of I-95 and U.S. 17, in the heart of the captivating South Carolina lowcountry.
It is the designated exit off I-95 for northbound traffic headed to Charleston and Myrtle Beach.
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With 300 motel rooms, 6 restaurants, 2 campgrounds, gas and service stations, specialty and convenience stores combined with close proximity and easy access to world class tourist destinations such as Beaufort (24 miles), Charleston (59 miles), Myrtle Beach (139 miles), Hilton Head (50 miles), Savannah, GA (60 miles), and Orlando, FL (358 miles), this little Lowcountry community is developing into a thriving commercial center.
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Things to See and Do
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Stop by the Lowcountry Visitors Center and Museum, a refurbished 1800’s Plantation home, the "Frampton House".
Beautiful, magnificent oak trees draped in Spanish moss frame the house and in the backyard there are Civil War earthworks erected by General Robert E. Lee.
The Center provides information on Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counites and features displays from ten area museums.
The house also features a gift shop and a recreated 19th Century parlor, complete with antique furnishings.
The Lowcountry Visitors Center is open from 8am to 5pm seven days a week and admission is free.
For more information contact the Lowcountry Tourism Commision, P.O. Box 615, Yemassee, SC 29945, 1-800-528-6870.
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Spend an extra day exploring the beautiful and historic Lowcountry of South Carolina.
In nearby Pocotaligo one can see the Old Sheldon Church ruins, Circa 1745. It was burned by the British
during the revolution, rebuilt it was burned again by General Sherman in the American
Civil War.
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More on the Old Sheldon Church Ruins...
Point South sits on the edge of a Civil War
Battlefield (Pocotaligo, Oct. 1862) and is four miles north of General Robert E. Lee's
Confederate headquarters from Nov. 1861 to March 1862.
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Government and Local Information
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| Point South is a planned highway commercial development begun by Charles Fraser of Hilton Head Island in 1972 and is technically part of Yemassee, SC.
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Jasper County
PO Box 1149
Ridgeland, SC 29936
843-726-7700
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Town of Yemassee
101 Town Circle
Yemassee, SC 29945
843-589-2565
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