The sun glistens through Spanish Moss which drapes a 3/4 mile corridor of 267 year-old oak trees... a visual wonder that truly takes your breath away and confirms that Gold is alive and well at work. The Avenue of Oaks is one of natures greatest spectacles... and THIS is Boone Hall Plantation.
Built in the early 1700s, Boone Hall Plantation is known as "America's Most Photographed Plantation" and was originally part of a plantation which covered more than 17,000 acres.
The original estate house, cotton gin, slave cabins, smoke house and formal gardens were built with brick and tile made on the plantation. Today, many of these buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Many varieties of old roses, some dating from the 16th century, compliment camellias and azaleas in the formal gardens. To this day, Boone Hall continues as a working plantation, producing various agricultural products. Strawberries, tomatoes, peaches and Christmas trees replace cotton, once the primary crop of the plantation.
The 738-acre estate is open Monday - Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Boone Hall Plantation is located just six miles north of Charleston on Highway 17 in Mt. Pleasant. Take Long Point Rd Exit off I-526.
