List of South Carolina state parks


The State of South Carolina has a group of protected areas managed by the South Carolina State Park Service. Formed in 1933 in conjunction with the formalization of the federal Civilian Conservation Corps program, the State Park Service is administered by the state's Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism. There are a total of 47 facilities that the State Park Service administers, protecting nearly 80,000 acres of sensitive, attractive, and/or historically significant lands in South Carolina. The facilities fall under four types of classifications:
Cheraw State Park was the first park to be proposed within the system in 1934 with Myrtle Beach State Park becoming the first park to open in 1936. Within six years, the State of South Carolina and the CCC opened 17 state parks. Originally under the jurisdiction of the South Carolina Forestry Commission, the Park Service has been a unit within the Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism since its formation in 1967. Hunting Island State Park in Beaufort County is the most popular state park in South Carolina and among the most popular in the United States, attracting 1.2 million visitors per year.
Park NameCounty or CountiesSizeYear Established
Aiken State ParkAiken1,067 acres1934
Andrew Jackson State ParkLancaster360 acres1952
Baker Creek State ParkMcCormick1,305 acres1967
Barnwell State ParkBarnwell307 acres1937
Caesars Head State ParkGreenville7,467 acres1986
Calhoun Falls State ParkAbbeville318 acres
Charles Towne Landing State Historic SiteCharleston184 acres1969
Cheraw State ParkChesterfield7,362 acres1934
Chester State ParkChester523 acres1935
Colleton State ParkColleton35 acres1944
Colonial Dorchester State Historic SiteDorchester325 acres1960
Croft State ParkSpartanburg7,054 acres1945
Devils Fork State ParkOconee622 acres1990
Dreher Island State ParkNewberry348 acres1990
Edisto Beach State ParkColleton1,255 acres1935
Givhans Ferry State ParkColleton, Dorchester988 acres1934
Goodale State ParkKershaw963 acres1973
H. Cooper Black Jr. Memorial Field Trial and Recreation AreaChesterfield7,000 acres1994
Hamilton Branch State ParkMcCormick731 acres1972
Hampton Plantation State Historic SiteCharleston300 acres1970
Hickory Knob State Resort ParkMcCormick1,091 acres1973
Hunting Island State ParkBeaufort5,000 acres1935
Huntington Beach State ParkGeorgetown2,500 acres
Jones Gap State ParkGreenville3,964 acres
Keowee-Toxaway State ParkPickens1,000 acres1970
Kings Mountain State ParkCherokee, York6,885 acres1934
Lake Greenwood State ParkGreenwood914 acres1938
Lake Hartwell State ParkOconee680 acres1976
Lake Warren State ParkHampton440 acres
Lake Wateree State ParkFairfield238 acres1982
Landsford Canal State ParkChester, Lancaster448 acres
Lee State ParkLee2,839 acres1935
Little Pee Dee State ParkDillon835 acres
Musgrove Mill State Historic SiteLaurens, Spartanburg, Union380 acres1975
Myrtle Beach State ParkHorry312 acres1935
Oconee State ParkOconee1,165 acres1935
Oconee Station State Historic SiteOconee210 acres
Paris Mountain State ParkGreenville1,540 acres1935
Poinsett State ParkSumter1,010 acres1934
Redcliffe Plantation State Historic SiteAiken350 acres1973
Rivers Bridge State Historic SiteBamberg390 acres1972
Rose Hill Plantation State Historic SiteUnion44 acres1970
Sadlers Creek State ParkAnderson395 acres
Santee State ParkOrangeburg2,500 acres1942
Sesquicentennial State ParkRichland1,419 acres1937
Table Rock State ParkPickens3,083 acres1935
Woods Bay State ParkClarendon, Florence, Sumter1,590 acres1973