White Point Gardens, Public park in Charleston, United States

White Point Gardens is a 5.7-acre public park at the sharp-edged tip of Charleston's peninsula, bounded by East Battery, Murray Blvd., King St. and South Battery. It forms the southern terminus of the Battery seawall and promenade. Cannons and memorials stand at irregular intervals around three sides of the perimeter, and the Defenders of Fort Moultrie monument, with its statue of Sergeant William Jasper, sits along the center walkway in line with Church Street.

The peninsula tip was called South Bay, then Oyster Point, and became White Point in the early 19th century; landfill later gave it its sharp-edged shape. A public bathing house with a cake and ice cream parlor stood at the end of King Street from about 1840 until 1881. From 1897 Charleston obtained surplus Fort Sumter guns, and two from the USS Keokuk were installed in 1900.

At the northeast corner stands a 1943 marker to the pirate Stede Bonnet, hanged near this spot in 1718 with his crew; it states 29 were executed, though records suggest 22. Along the central walkway, the 1877 Defenders of Fort Moultrie statue shows Sergeant William Jasper of the June 28, 1776 battle at Sullivan's Island.

The park is bounded by East Battery, Murray Boulevard, King Street and South Battery, so it can be entered from any of these sides. The Battery promenade runs along its southern and eastern edge, linking the garden to the waterfront walk. Paths cross the grounds and benches line the perimeter near the cannon displays.

Among the park's cannons is a fake: a foundry poured molten metal around a section of cast iron pipe, a material not common until the 19th century. The prankster aged it in water for six months and sold it to an antique store in Beaufort, South Carolina.