List of South Carolina state parks
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Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1933 |
Headquarters |
1205 Pendleton Street Columbia, SC 29201 |
Annual budget | $120 million (2008)[1] |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism |
Website | http://www.southcarolinaparks.com |
The State of South Carolina has a group of protected areas managed by the South Carolina State Park Service (often abbreviated to 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 (SCPRT). 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.[2] The facilities fall under four types of classifications:
- 30 State Parks
- 15 State Historic Sites
- one (1) State Resort Park
- one (1) State Recreational Area
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.[3] Within six years, the State of South Carolina and the CCC opened 17 state parks.[4] 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 Name | County or Counties | Size | Year Established |
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Aiken State Park | Aiken | 1,067 acres | 1934 |
Andrew Jackson State Park | Lancaster | 360 acres | 1952 |
Baker Creek State Park | McCormick | 1,305 acres | 1967 |
Barnwell State Park | Barnwell | 307 acres | 1937 |
Caesars Head State Park | Greenville | 7,467 acres | 1986 |
Calhoun Falls State Park | Abbeville | 318 acres | |
Charles Towne Landing | Charleston | 184 acres (74 ha) | 1969 |
Cheraw State Park | Chesterfield | 7,362 acres | 1934 |
Chester State Park | Chester | 523 acres | 1935 |
Colleton State Park | Colleton | 35 acres | 1944 |
Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site | Dorchester | 325 acres | 1960 |
Croft State Park | Spartanburg | 7,054 acres | 1945 |
Devils Fork State Park | Oconee | 622 acres | 1990 |
Dreher Island State Park | Newberry | 348 acres | 1990 |
Edisto Beach State Park | Colleton | 1,255 acres | 1935 |
Givhans Ferry State Park | Dorchester | 988 acres | 1934 |
Goodale State Park | Kershaw | 963 acres | 1973 |
H. Cooper Black Jr. Memorial Field Trial and Recreation Area | Chesterfield | 7,000 acres | 1994 |
Hamilton Branch State Park | McCormick | 731 acres | 1972 |
Hampton Plantation | Charleston | 300 acres | 1970 |
Hickory Knob State Resort Park | McCormick | 1,091 acres | 1973 |
Hunting Island State Park | Beaufort | 5,000 acres | 1935 |
Huntington Beach State Park | Georgetown | 2,500 acres | |
Jones Gap State Park | Greenville | 3,964 acres | |
Keowee-Toxaway State Park | Pickens | 1,000 acres | 1970 |
Kings Mountain State Park | Cherokee | 6,885 acres | 1934 |
Lake Greenwood State Park | Greenwood | 914 acres | 1938 |
Lake Hartwell State Park | Ocoree | 680 acres | 1976 |
Lake Warren State Park | Hampton | 440 acres | |
Lake Wateree State Park | Ridgeway | 238 acres | 1982 |
Landsford Canal State Park | Chester | 448 acres | |
Lee State Park | Lee | 2,839 acres | 1935 |
Little Pee Dee State Park | Dillon | 835 acres | |
Musgrove Mill State Historic Site | Spartanburg | 380 acres | 1975 |
Myrtle Beach State Park | Horry | 312 acres | 1935 |
Oconee State Park | Oconee | 1,165 acres | 1935 |
Oconee Station State Historic Site | Oconee | 210 acres | |
Paris Mountain State Park | Greenville | 1,540 acres | 1935 |
Poinsett State Park | Sumter | 1,010 acres | 1934 |
Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site | Aiken | 350 acres | 1973 |
Rivers Bridge State Historic Site | Bamberg | 390 acres | 1972 |
Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site | Union | 44 acres | 1970 |
Sadlers Creek State Park | Anderson | 395 acres | |
Santee State Park | Orangeburg | 2,500 acres | 1942 |
Sesquicentennial State Park | Richland | 1,419 acres | 1937 |
Table Rock State Park | Pickens | 3,083 acres | 1935 |
Woods Bay State Park | Florence | 1,590 acres | 1973 |
References
- ↑ https://www.census.gov/govs/state/0841scst.html SC Government Finances
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2013-01-31. Park Service History 1967-Present
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2007-09-17. Park Service History 1933-1942
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2013-01-31. South Carolina Facts