List of South Carolina state parks

South Carolina
State Park Service

Agency overview
Formed| 1933
Headquarters| 1205 Pendleton Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Annual budget| $120 million (2008)[1]
Agency executive|

* Paul McCormack, State Park Director

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 SCPRT or 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 more than 90,000 acres of sensitive, attractive, and/or historically significant lands in South Carolina.[2] The facilities fall under four types of classifications:

* 38 State Parks
* 8 State Historic Sites
* 1 State Resort Park
* 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.

Following the Nukegate scandal, Dominion Energy settled with the South Carolina tax agency on $165 million in unpaid taxes owed due to an unfinished nuclear project in Fairfield County. As part of that settlement, the state agency and Dominion Energy agreed that Dominion would offset approximately a third of the unpaid taxes by turning over more than 2,900 acres of land which will ultimately become six new state parks in the coming years. The first state park expected to open from the settlement is Pine Island on Lake Murray.[5]

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South Carolina State Parks (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link)

Park Name  | County or Counties  | Size  | Year Acquired  | Year Opened

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Aiken State Park | Aiken  | 1,067  | 432  | 1934  | 1936
Andrew Jackson State Park | Lancaster  | 360  | 150  | 1953  | 1957
Baker Creek State Park | McCormick  | 1,305  | 528  | 1967  | 1968
Barnwell State Park | Barnwell  | 307  | 124  | 1937  | 1939
Caesars Head State Park | Greenville  | 7,467  | 3,022  | 1976  | 1986
Calhoun Falls State Park | Abbeville  | 318  | 129  | 1982  |
Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site | Charleston  | 184  | 74  | 1970  | 1970
Cheraw State Park | Chesterfield  | 7,362  | 2,979  | 1934  | 1939
Chester State Park | Chester  | 523  | 212  | 1935  | 1936
Colleton State Park | Colleton  | 35  | 14  | 1938  | 1940
Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site | Dorchester  | 325  | 132  | 1960  | 1960
Croft State Park | Spartanburg  | 7,054  | 2,855  | 1949  |
Devils Fork State Park | Oconee  | 622  | 252  | 1991  | 1991
Dreher Island State Park | Newberry  | 348  | 141  | 1970  | 1970
Edisto Beach State Park | Colleton  | 1,255  | 508  | 1935  | 1937
Givhans Ferry State Park | Colleton, Dorchester  | 988  | 400  | 1934  | 1937
Goodale State Park | Kershaw  | 963  | 390  | 1973  | 1973
H. Cooper Black Jr. Memorial Field Trial and Recreation Area | Chesterfield  | 7,000  | 2,800  | 1994  | 2006
Hamilton Branch State Park | McCormick  | 731  | 296  | 1972  | 1972
Hampton Plantation State Historic Site | Charleston  | 300  | 120  | 1972  |
Hickory Knob State Resort Park | McCormick  | 1,091  | 442  | 1969  | 1973
Hunting Island State Park | Beaufort  | 5,000  | 2,000  | 1938  | 1941
Huntington Beach State Park | Georgetown  | 2,500  | 1,000  | 1960  | 1962
Jones Gap State Park | Greenville  | 3,964  | 1,604  | 1976  | 1985
Keowee-Toxaway State Park | Pickens  | 1,000  | 400  | 1970  | 1975
Kings Mountain State Park | Cherokee, York  | 6,885  | 2,786  | 1934  | 1936
Lake Greenwood State Park | Greenwood  | 914  | 370  | 1938  | 1940
Lake Hartwell State Park | Oconee  | 680  | 280  | 1976  | 1985
Lake Warren State Park | Hampton  | 440  | 180  | 1980  | 1990
Lake Wateree State Park | Fairfield  | 238  | 96  | 1982  | 1985
Landsford Canal State Park | Chester, Lancaster  | 448  | 181  | 1970  | 1973
Lee State Park | Lee  | 2,839  | 1,149  | 1935  | 1941
Little Pee Dee State Park | Dillon  | 835  | 338  | 1951  | 1955
May Forest State Park | Charleston  | 23  | 9.3  | 2021  | 2023
Musgrove Mill State Historic Site | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union  | 380  | 150  | 1975  | 2003
Myrtle Beach State Park | Horry  | 312  | 126  | 1935  | 1936
Oconee State Park | Oconee  | 1,165  | 471  | 1935  | 1937
Oconee Station State Historic Site | Oconee  | 210  | 85  | 1976  | 1994
Paris Mountain State Park | Greenville  | 1,540  | 620  | 1935  | 1937
Poinsett State Park | Sumter  | 1,010  | 410  | 1934  | 1936
Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site | Aiken  | 350  | 140  | 1973  | 1975
Rivers Bridge State Historic Site | Bamberg  | 390  | 160  | 1945  | 1945
Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site | Union  | 44  | 18  | 1960  | 1961
Sadlers Creek State Park | Anderson  | 395  | 160  | 1966  | 1968
Santee State Park | Orangeburg  | 2,500  | 1,000  | 1942  | 1949
Sesquicentennial State Park | Richland  | 1,419  | 574  | 1937  | 1940
Table Rock State Park | Pickens  | 3,083  | 1,248  | 1935  | 1940
Woods Bay State Park | Clarendon, Florence, Sumter  | 1,590  | 640  | 1973  | 1973

## References

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1. ^ https://www.census.gov/govs/state/0841scst.html SC Government Finances
2. ^ "1967 - Present: South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation &". Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013. Park Service History 1967-Present
3. ^ "1933 - 1942: South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation &". Archived from the original on August 28, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2007. Park Service History 1933-1942
4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 14, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2013.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) South Carolina Facts
5. ^ Hincks, Leah (March 19, 2023). "SC's smallest state park born from state's biggest business bust". Post and Courier. Retrieved March 20, 2023.

## External links

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* Official website
* Official S.C. Parks Guide (2013)

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State Parks of South Carolina

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* Caesars Head
* Croft
* Devils Fork
* Jones Gap
* Keowee-Toxaway
* Kings Mountain
* Lake Hartwell
* Musgrove Mill
* Oconee
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* Charles Towne Landing
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