Woods Bay State Park

State park located near Olanta, Florence County, South Carolina

Woods Bay State Park

IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)

Swampy area in Woods Bay State Park, Olanta, South Carolina

Nearest city| Olanta, South Carolina
Coordinates| 33°56′38″N 79°59′28″W﻿ / ﻿33.944°N 79.991°W﻿ / 33.944; -79.991
Area| 1,590 acres (6 km2)
Elevation| 36.91 m
Created| 1973
Woods Bay elevation map

Woods Bay State Park is a state park located near the town of Olanta in Florence County, South Carolina. The park contains some of the last remaining large Carolina Bays.[1] Recent work by the U.S. Geological Survey has interpreted the Carolina Bays as relict thermokarst lakes that formed several thousands of years ago when the climate was colder, drier, and windier.[2] Thermokarst lakes develop by thawing of frozen ground (permafrost) and by subsequent modification by wind and water. Thus, this interpretation suggests that permafrost once extended as far south as the Carolina Bays during the last ice age and (or) previous ice ages.

Activities available at the park include picnicking, fishing, hiking, bird watching and geocaching. Canoeing is also popular on the one-mile canoe trail in the Carolina Bay. While private boats are not allowed, rental canoes and kayaks are available.

Amenities include a picnic shelter, a boardwalk through a cypress-tupelo swamp and a nature center.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Unique Features of Woods Bay State Park". September 7, 2013.
2. ^ Swezey, C.S. (2020) "Quaternary eolian dunes and sand sheets in inland locations of the Atlantic Coastal Plain Province", in Inland Dunes of North America (N. Lancaster and P. Hesp, eds.), Springer Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 11-63. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-40498-7_2 ISBN 978-3-030-40498-7
3. ^ "By the Numbers". September 7, 2013.

## External links[edit]

* Official Website

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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 Parks|

* Congaree

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National Historic Sites
and Historical Parks|

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

National Military Parks
and Battlefields|

* Cowpens NB
* Kings Mountain NMP

National Historic Trail|

* Overmountain Victory

National Forests|

* Francis Marion
* Sumter

National
Wildlife Refuges|

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

National Estuarine
Research Reserves|

* Ashepoo Combahee Edisto Basin
* North Inlet-Winyah Bay

Wilderness Areas|

* Cape Romain
* Congaree
* Ellicott Rock
* Hell Hole Bay
* Little Wambaw Swamp
* Wambaw Creek
* Wambaw Swamp

Wild and Scenic River|

* Chattooga River

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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