south carolina state parks

Continuing on our quest to visit all the state parks of South Carolina, we visited Baker Creek State Park near McCormick, SC and very close to 2 other parks we had already visited and reviewed, Hickory Knob and Hamilton Branch. Baker Creek is only opened for about 6 months, from March to...

We checked out the campgrounds at Edisto Beach State Park when we visited for a day on the beach. Definitely comping back here as this is a great park. The parks is about 50 miles south of Charleston. There are actually 2 campground separated by a half of mile of the highway that takes you on...

Camped here this week for 3 nights and enjoyed this Lowcountry park and the campground. The park is on the Edisto River which is the longest free flowing black water river in the US. The campground has 25 sites and the loop is a long skinny oval. Be on one of the outside sites, they are...

Heading back to the Lowcountry of South Carolina tomorrow. We will be camping at Givhans Ferry State Park, which is on the Edisto River. In addition to that park, we will get 3 more off of our list of South Carolina State Parks for our quest to visit all of them. Two will be historical sites...

Santee State Park is on Lake Marion which was built as a New Deal project along with nearby Lake Moultrie. The lake has some bald cypress trees in the middle of it and one of the loops has a view of that. The lakes are where several state record holding fish were caught and is big destination...

Poinsett is in a remote area east of Columbia, SC. Much of the land around it is the Manchester State Forest, Congaree National Park, or one of several military bases in the area. The rest is farmland. You are in an area where the flat coastal plains meet the Sandhills of the state. The park...

On our tour of state parks we checked out the campground at Sesquicentennial State Park. We were a little disappointed in this one. It was not horrible but considering it is in the capital of the state, we though it would have a better campground. It has 84 sites and the main issue was saw...

Lake Wateree State Park is located in the Old English District of South Carolina. It is about halfway between Charlotte, NC and Columbia, SC and is about 5 miles east of I-77. The main focus of the park is the lake which is rather large. The campground has 72 sites and 15 of them are on the...

Drove through the campground at Cheraw State Park while we in the park to see if it would be a good place to camp. We liked what we saw. There a 17 sites with paved driveways and many of them back up to the 360 acre Lake Juniper in the park. Across the lake are the day us facilities including...

This is a unique state park and the way to get to is to drive to middle of nowhere and then go about 5 miles more. Most of the last several miles will be down a dirt road in the Sandhills region of South Carolina. Once you are at H. Cooper Black, it is a beautiful piece of property. The place...

Spent 3 days at Lee State Park and really liked it a lot. Great Ranger in charge of the park and the campground host did a good job too. If you do meet the ranger, he is John Hancock. There are 2 loops with 25 sites in the front loop and all have electricity and water at site along with fire...

Hard to believe the temperature here in South Carolina this week. We camped at Lee State Park which is in Midlands and heading pretty close to the Lowcountry of SC near the coast. Usually the summer here is brutally hot and humid, but we highs in the low 80s and morning lows in the 50s. Never...

Heading out Wednesday to continue our conquest of South Carolina State Parks. The park has a program called "Ultimate Outsider" to encourage people to visit all 47 of the parks. We are a little over half way but on this trip we should be able to knock 7 or 8 more off. What do you get for this...

I had to go to the Columbia, SC area today and was near this park so we checked it out. We have actually rented a campsite there but last year when the weekend came up, it was one of many with monsoon like storms so we never went. We wanted to see what we missed. The park is on Lake Murray...

Visited Lake Greenwood State Park today and checked out the campground to see if we would like to camp there in the future. It is a nice park with great facilities. The Drummond Center is named for a former State Senator who was a decorated WWII pilot who had worked in the CCC when the park...

Wood Ducks at Oconee State Park in South Carolina. The one with them up on the land was about 20 feet from our camper. They came up into the campground after the storm quit that afternoon and walked around. The campground was pretty empty. The others of the ducks were taken the following...

Saturday the weather was great and the bike ride I help put on was a huge success. Sunday morning we woke up to a day of thunderstorms and a lot of rain. It rained hard over night and when we realized it had stopped around 7:00 am, I decided to get up. To my surprise, I could not open the...

Less than 48hours and we'll be camping at Oconee State Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of SC. This is my annual weekend to help put on cycling charity ride called Isaqueena's Last Ride on Saturday. That will be a long day helping the cyclist in the event complete their rides. Our longest...

Hickory Knob is located on Lake Strom Thurmond (Lake Clarks Hill if you are from Georgia). SC calls this park a resort as it does include a lodge with restaurant and conference center plus an 18 hole golf course. This place is large and does have a lot of activities especially near the lodge...

Stopped here on our tour of state parks and checked out the campground at Hamilton Branch State Park. It is located on Lake Strom Thurmond (Lake Clarks Hill if you have an old map or are from Georgia). There are 2 other state parks on the SC side of this large man-made lake. This area of SC...