Mount Pleasant

MOUNT PLEASANT

Overview
Just across beautiful Charleston Harbor from the historic city, the charming town of Mount Pleasant is a sought-after residential real estate address. High waterfront bluffs adorned with antebellum homes and towering oaks offer a town-within-a-town character in Mount Pleasant’s old village district. Grand piazzas and gardens grace quiet, shaded streets and lanes on which the foot or bicycle are more prevalent than the car tire. Within a few blocks of any of the stately houses in the old village are panoramic vistas over marsh front, salt creek and estuary, as sidewalks and bicycle paths lead past quaint fleets of shrimp trawlers and fishing perches overlooking nearby Sea Islands.

Beyond the old village, Mt. Pleasant extends through well-planned neighborhoods to the edge of the Francis Marion National Forest. A variety of desirable properties range from waterfront homes, lots and town homes along winding, pristine creeks such as Shem Creek, Hobcaw Creek , and Beresford Creek, the scenic Wando and Cooper rivers, and the expansive marshes along a fifteen-mile stretch the intracoastal waterway. For the golfer, there are numerous homes along the fairways and greens of the Snee Farm and Charleston National and Dunes West courses.

A popular destination for families, Mount Pleasant is ranked among the top school districts in South Carolina, and offers some of the state’s best recreational sites in the Patriots Point Naval Museum and golf links, Boone Hall plantation, and Palmetto Islands County Park.

Situated within just across the Intracoastal Waterway from expansive public beaches on Sullivan’s Island and the Isle of Palms, Mt. Pleasant is a premiere choice among those who seek quality lifestyle and location. The massive new cable-stay bridge that joins Mount Pleasant to downtown Charleston has reduced driving time to a matter of minutes to the heart of the city, and more distant connections are facilitated easily with interstate 526 and the East Cooper executive airport.

Along with its abundance of namesake pleasant neighborhoods, the town has a vigorous social scene, especially along the famed Shem Creek area, where exceptional seafood restaurants overlook the distinctive outriggers of the shrimping fleet. Deep sea fishing excursions as well as environmental boat tours leave from the docks that line the winding creek, which is a frequent gathering spot for some of the area’s most congenial boaters.

Mount Pleasant rates high with the property buyer - outstanding location, beautiful homes and lots, exquisitely upscale shopping venues, easy access to water recreation – and all within a friendly close-knit community that retains its down-home appeal.