Edisto Beach State Park

SOUTH CAROLINA’S
PARK NAME
EDISTO
BEACH
STATE PARK
Charles
An
oceanfront
Towne campground
Landing
State
Historic Site isbeach
back and
on
a palmetto-lined
better
The grand
famed than
for itsever.
shelling
is just one
opening of
renovated
highlight
of the
Edisto
Beach park
State
across
Park. the Ashley River from
downtown Charleston was held
Only an hour from
on Thursday, August 17, 2006.
Charleston, the park also offers
A state park since 1970, the site
another campground deep in
is where a ship full of British
the maritime forest full of live
settlers and their servants
oaks and some of the state’s
arrived from Barbados and
tallest palmetto trees, as well
established the first permanent
as a row of comfortable cabins
European colony in the
nestled in the woods but with
Carolinas in 1670.
a front-row view of miles of
A highlight of the 664-acre
pristine marshland.
park is the new Visitor Center,
Edisto Beach State Park
which includes extensive
also offers the state’s longest
interactive exhibits describing
system of handicappedhow settlers, slaves, traders
friendly hiking and biking trails,
and Native Americans came
including one leading to a
together on this spot to forge
mysterious, 4,000-year-old
the beginnings of what would
shellmidden alongside a
become the plantation system
secluded
bend on
a tidal creek.
of the American
South.
The
an a
The park
park also
also has
includes
environmental
education
full-scale replica
trading ship,
center,
a “green”
building
protective
palisades,
and afull
of
exhibits
highlight
the
garden
thatthat
includes
crops
natural
history
Edisto Island
from that
time, of
a natural
habitat
and
surrounding
ACE Basin,
zoo, the
ongoing
archaeological
one
of the
nation’s
largest
activity,
walking
paths
and full
visitor amenities.
preserved
estuaries.
Charles Towne
Counties:
Colleton
Landing State
Historic
is located on Old
Acreage:Site
1255
Town Road (S.C. 171) near Exit
Pets: Pets are not allowed in
216-A off Interstate 26.
the cabins or the cabin areas.
Designation:
Listed
on the
Pets are allowed
in most
national
Register
other outdoor
areas provided
Counties:
Charleston
they
are kept
under physical
restraint
on a leash not
Acreage:or
664
longer than six feet.
When & How Acquired: ReAdmissions:
ceived
in 1971$4/adult;
from the$2.50/
TricenSC
seniors;
$1.50/ child age
tennial
Commission
6-15;
5 and
Pets: Free
Pets for
arechildren
not allowed
in
younger.
the park.
Driving
Directions:
Tour and
Programs Informa-
From
Hwy.a 17:
Takehabitat
Hwy 174,
tion: Visit
natural
28 mi.
to is
entrance
the town
zoo
that
home toofanimal
of
Edistothat
Beach.
you enter
species
wereAs
indigenous
theCarolina
town limits,
the
entrance
to
at the
time
of the to
(111),
AMP Services (49),
Hours
/A50
dmissions
TentHours:
Sites (5)
Office
Daily 9am-5pm
Canoeing/Kayaking
Days
and Hours of Operation:
Education
Center
Daily
9am-5pm
Hiking
Days
and Holidays Closed:
Christmas
Eve/Christmas
Day
Interpretive
Trails
Admissions:
$5 /adult; $3.25
Ocean Swimming
/S.C. Senior; $3 /youth age
Picnic Areas/Picnic
6-15
Shelters
Driving Directions: From 1-26
Surf Fishing: flounder,
E: Take Cosgrove Road exit
whiting, spot tail and
216A onto Hwy. 7 (Sam Ritothers
tenberg Blvd.) bear left onto
Hwy 171 (Old Town Rd.) Follow signs for Charles Towne
Landing. The park is on the
left at a traffic light.
GPS Coordinants:
8377
State Cabin
8155 Greer
HWY Rd
the
park willView
be on
left.
settlement.
a your
17th century
Park Facilities and Activities
Edisto
Island,
29438
Cleveland,
SC SC
29635
replica ship,
called a trading
Lodging
Information:
Seven
ketch,
as
it
is
reconstructed
on
fully furnished cabins (2 cabins
Cabins
Camping
Picnic Area with Shelters
Hiking Trail
Fishing
Rental Fishing Boats
Equestrian Campground
Equestrian Trail
site.
archaeologists
at
with Watch
handicap
access)
work rediscovering the past of
GPS Coordinates: Long: 80° 18’
South Carolina’s birthplace.
0.54”W , Lat: 32° 31’ 15.05”N
Charles Towne Landing is a
Park Facilities & Activities:
“DiscoverCarolina Site”, which
Birding
provides curriculum-based soLanding
cialBoating/Boat
studies programs
for South
Carolina
Camping:
school
Standard
children.
Sites
Phone: (843)
869-2756
(864) 836-6115
M-Fr 9amOffice Hours: 9am-5pm
5pm
Park Hours: M-Su 9am-6pm
Park
Hours:
8am-6pm
(extended
toM-Su
9pm during
(extended
from 6am-10pm
Daylight Savings
Time)
during Daylight Savings
Time)
Camping/Cabin Info:
(843) 869-2156
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