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Isle of Palms
From Openwaterpedia
Isle of Palms is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States and a barrier island on the South Carolina coast. The city is included within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area. The town lies along a narrow strip of land, hugging the beach, separated from the mainland by the Intracoastal Waterway.
Isle of Palms is located along the Atlantic Ocean, 15 miles (24 km) by road east of downtown Charleston.
Open Water Swimming[edit]
- Joe Rainero (49), Matt Maurer (38), Lance Ogren (44), and Mike Stresemann (54) will swim around Sullivan's Island and the Isle of Palms in The Swim Around Isle of Palms and Sullivan’s Island (or The Swim Around The Islands in September 2015.
- The SEALKIDS SwimJam, is a 5 km open water swim on 9 September 2017 on the Isle of Palms to benefit SEALKIDS, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to aiding the children of active duty Navy SEALs.
