Edisto Beach State Park

Edisto Beach State Park is not what most of us would think a park should be. It’s not a left over piece of land overlooked by developers. It’s not a place to visit just when the budget is thin or when there is nothing else to do. It’s not just for locals, or just for visitors.

Edisto Beach State Park is a vast oceanfront campground on a beautiful palmetto-lined beach, famed for shelling. Fortunately for you shelling is just one highlight. This beachfront park offers more fun than the busiest vacation destinations.

There are a number of lodging arrangements inside the park. Seven cabins are completely furnished, heated, air-conditioned, and supplied with bath and bed linens, basic cooking and eating utensils, coffee maker, microwave, a television and each includes a screened-in porch. The two bedroom version can accommodate up to six people each and includes a queen size bed in each bedroom and a fold-out sofa in the living room. Two of the cabins offer three bedrooms with a queen bed in each.

For those of you looking for pure camping, you will find the very best in Edisto Beach State Park. There are 64 sites which are oceanside, while 33 sites are located near the salt marsh. Five sites are walk-in tent sites.

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To book accommodations or to reserve a picnic shelter, use the South Carolina Department of Parks and Tourism website here. For those of you looking to visit for the day, Edisto Beach State Park is open all week from 8:00am to 6:00pm, with extended hours during Daylight Savings Time. The park office is open M-F from 9:00am to 5pm. Day admission to the park costs $4 for an adults, $2.50 for seniors, $1.50 for children 6-15, and is free for under 5. No matter how you decide to stay, there is plenty to do once you get settled. Two picnic shelters are available free on a first-come, first-served basis or reserved for a fee. Bring your kids and your boat as facilities include a boat ramp and plenty of playground equipment. Enjoy surf fishing in the salt marsh for flounder, whiting, spot tail and other species. The Spanish Mound trail provides an easy 4 mile hiking loop. To find the park from Highway 17, take Highway 174 roughly 28 miles to the entrance of Edisto Beach. As you reach town limits, the entrance to the park is on your left. For those of you using GPS, the address is 8377 State Cabin Rd, Edisto Island, SC 29438. Call the park office at 843-869-2756 for more information.

Did You Know?

Edisto Beach State Park, rich in Native American history, and was donated to the South Carolina Department of Parks and Tourism in 1935 by Edisto Company. Development of the park was completed shortly after by the Civilian Conservation Corps, which was a New Deal program created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The program was designed to provide employment during the Great Depression while addressing needs to conserve natural resources. The “CCC” played a large role in developing a lot of the state’s parks, and a number of buildings built in the 1930’s are still in use today.