Baker Creek State Park

State park in South Carolina, United States

Baker Creek State Park

Site of park in U.S. state of South Carolina

Nearest city| McCormick, South Carolina
Coordinates| 33°53′54″N 82°20′49″W﻿ / ﻿33.898457°N 82.347072°W﻿ / 33.898457; -82.347072
Area| 1,305 acres (5.3 km2)
Created| 1967
Camp sites| tent and RV sites, primitive group site
Hiking trails| over 10 miles (16 km)

Baker Creek State Park is located adjacent to Lake Thurmond, near the town of McCormick in the county of McCormick, South Carolina. The park sits on land leased in 1967 from the US Army Corps of Engineers.[1]

Amenities in the park include two campgrounds, a lakefront pavilion, boat ramps for access to the lake and picnic shelters. The park is home to a nature trail where wildlife such as deer, waterfowl and wild turkeys can be observed. Mountain biking and hiking are popular activities on a 10-mile trail (16 km) that winds through the park.[2][3]

## See also

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* List of South Carolina state parks

## References

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1. ^ "History of South Carolina State Parks (1992)" (PDF) (PDF). Retrieved December 1, 2013.
2. ^ "Baker Creek State Park". Retrieved December 1, 2013.
3. ^ "Things to Do". Retrieved December 1, 2013.

## External links

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* Official website
* Hiking/mountain bike trail

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State Parks of South Carolina

Upstate|

* Caesars Head
* Croft
* Devils Fork
* Jones Gap
* Keowee-Toxaway
* Kings Mountain
* Lake Hartwell
* Musgrove Mill
* Oconee
* Oconee Station
* Paris Mountain
* Rose Hill Plantation
* Sadlers Creek
* Table Rock

Midlands|

* Aiken
* Andrew Jackson
* Baker Creek
* Barnwell
* Calhoun Falls
* Cheraw
* Chester
* Dreher Island
* Goodale
* H. Cooper Black Jr.
* Hamilton Branch
* Hickory Knob
* Lake Greenwood
* Lake Wateree
* Landsford Canal
* Lee
* Poinsett
* Redcliffe Plantation
* Rivers Bridge
* Santee
* Sesquicentennial

Coastal|

* Charles Towne Landing
* Colleton
* Colonial Dorchester
* Edisto Beach
* Givhans Ferry
* Hampton Plantation
* Huntington Beach
* Hunting Island
* Lake Warren
* Little Pee Dee
* Myrtle Beach
* Woods Bay

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Protected areas of South Carolina

Federal|

| National Battlefields and Military Parks|

* Cowpens
* Kings Mountain

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National Estuarine Research Reserves|

* Ashepoo Combahee Edisto Basin
* North Inlet-Winyah Bay

National Forests|

* Francis Marion
* Sumter

National Historic Sites and Historical Parks|

* Charles Pinckney
* Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie
* Ninety Six
* Reconstruction Era

National Parks|

* Congaree

National Trails|

* Overmountain Victory

National Wildlife Refuges|

* Cape Romain
* Carolina Sandhills
* Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin
* Pinckney Island
* Santee
* Savannah
* Tybee
* Waccamaw

National Wild and Scenic Rivers|

* Chattooga River

Other|

* National Historic Landmarks
* National Natural Landmarks
* National Register of Historic Places
* Wilderness Areas

State|

| State Parks|

* Aiken
* Andrew Jackson
* Baker Creek
* Barnwell
* Caesars Head
* Calhoun Falls
* Cheraw
* Chester
* Colleton
* Croft
* Devils Fork
* Dreher Island
* Edisto Beach
* Givhans Ferry
* Goodale
* H. Cooper Black Jr. Memorial Field Trial and Recreation Area
* Hamilton Branch
* Hickory Knob
* Hunting Island
* Huntington Beach
* Jones Gap
* Keowee-Toxaway
* Kings Mountain
* Lake Greenwood
* Lake Hartwell
* Lake Warren
* Lake Wateree
* Landsford Canal
* Lee
* Little Pee Dee
* Myrtle Beach
* Oconee
* Paris Mountain
* Poinsett
* Sadlers Creek
* Santee
* Sesquicentennial
* Table Rock
* Woods Bay

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State Historic Sites|

* Charles Towne Landing
* Colonial Dorchester
* Hampton Plantation
* Musgrove Mill
* Oconee Station
* Redcliffe Plantation
* Rivers Bridge
* Rose Hill Plantation

State Forests|

* Harbison
* Manchester
* Poe Creek
* Sand Hills
* Wee Tee

Heritage Preserves|

* Aiken Gopher Tortoise
* Altamaha Towne
* Ashmore
* Bald Rock
* Bear Branch
* Belvue Springs
* Bennett's Bay
* Blackwell
* Botany Bay Plantation
* Brasstown Creek
* Bunched Arrowhead
* Buzzard Island
* Buzzard Roost
* Capers Island
* Cartwheel Bay
* Cathedral Bay
* Chestnut Ridge
* Childsbury Towne
* Clear Creek
* Congaree Bluffs
* Congaree Creek
* Crosby Oxypolis
* Daws Island
* Ditch Pond
* Dungannon Plantation
* Eastatoe Creek
* Eva Russell Chandler
* Fort Frederick
* Fort Lamar
* Forty Acre Rock
* Glassy Mountain
* Gopher Branch
* Great Pee Dee River
* Green's Shell Enclosure
* Henderson
* Janet Harrison High Pond
* Laurel Fork
* Lewis Ocean Bay
* Lighthouse Inlet
* Little Pee Dee
* Little Pee Dee State Park Bay
* Long Branch Bay
* Longleaf Pine
* Lynchburg Savanna
* Nipper Creek
* Old Island
* Pacolet River
* Peachtree Rock
* Peters Creek
* Poinsett Bridge
* Rock Hill Blackjacks
* Savage Bay
* Savannah River Bluffs
* Segars-McKinnon
* Shealy's Pond
* South Bluff
* St. Helena Sound
* Stevens Creek
* Stoney Creek Battery
* Stumphouse Mountain
* Tillman Sand Ridge
* Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center
* Victoria Bluff Heritage Preserve
* Waccamaw River
* Wadakoe Mountain
* Wateree
* Watson-Cooper
* Woods Bay

Wildlife Management Areas|

* Bear Island
* Belfast
* Bonneau Ferry
* Campbell's Crossroads
* Canal
* Causey Tract
* Cliff Pitts
* Clinton Reservoir Tract
* Crackerneck
* Donnelley
* Draper
* Edisto River
* Fant's Grove
* Gray Court Tract
* Hamilton Ridge
* Hatchery
* Herbert Kirsh
* Hickory Top
* James L. Mason
* James Ross
* Jim Timmerman
* Keowee
* Landsford Canal Forest
* Liberty Hill
* Marsh
* McBee
* McCalla
* McConnells Tract
* Moultrie Hunt Unit
* Nine Times
* Oak Lea
* Palachucola
* Pee Dee Station
* Samworth
* Santee Coastal Reserve
* Santee Cooper
* Santee Cooper Tract
* Santee Dam
* Santee-Delta
* Thurmond Tract
* Turtle Island
* Webb
* Wild Turkey
* Woodbury
* Worth Mountain

Seabird Sanctuaries|

* Bay Point Shoal
* Bird Key - Stono
* Crab Bank
* Deveaux Bank
* Joiner Bank
* North Santee Bar

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