{"id":533,"date":"2014-06-10T00:53:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T00:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Charleston3\/?page_id=533"},"modified":"2023-11-06T20:12:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T20:12:22","slug":"parks-and-nature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Charleston3\/?page_id=533","title":{"rendered":"Parks and Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SPORTS &amp; RECREATION \/ PARKS AND NATURE<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><strong>State &amp; Federal Parkland<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nCharles Towne Landing State Historic Site<br \/>\n<\/strong>1500 Old Towne Road<br \/>\nCharleston 843-852-4200<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com\">https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Colleton State Park<br \/>\n<\/strong>147 Wayside Lane<br \/>\nWalterboro 843-538-8206<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com\">https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site<br \/>\n<\/strong>300 State Park Road<br \/>\nSummerville 843-873-1740<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com\">https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Edisto Beach State Park<br \/>\n<\/strong>8377 State Cabin Road<br \/>\nEdisto Island 843-869-2156<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com\">https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Francis Marion National Forest<br \/>\n<\/strong>Headquarters Office<br \/>\nColumbia 803-561-4000<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/scnfs\">https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/scnfs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Givhans Ferry State Park<br \/>\n<\/strong>746 Givhans Ferry Road<br \/>\nRidgeville 843-873-0692<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com\">https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hampton Plantation State Historic Site<br \/>\n<\/strong>1950 Rutledge Road<br \/>\nMcClellanville 843-546-9361<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com\">https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hunting Island State Park<br \/>\n<\/strong>2555 Sea Island Parkway<br \/>\nHunting Island 843-838-2011<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com\">https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Huntington Beach State Park<br \/>\n<\/strong>16148 Ocean Highway<br \/>\nMurrells Inlet 843-237-4440<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com\">https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Santee State Park<br \/>\n<\/strong>251 State Park Road<br \/>\nSantee 803-854-2408<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com\">https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sumter National Forest<br \/>\n<\/strong>Headquarters Office<br \/>\nColumbia 803-561-4000<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/scnfs\">https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/scnfs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Regional Parks<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nCypress Wetlands<br \/>\n<\/strong>Port Royal<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofportroyalcypresswetlands.org\">https:\/\/friendsofportroyalcypresswetlands.org<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nFolly Beach County Park<\/strong><br \/>\nFolly Beach 843-795-4386<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccprc.com\">https:\/\/www.ccprc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Francis Beidler Forest Audubon Center<br \/>\n<\/strong>336 Sanctuary Road<br \/>\nHarleyville 843-462-2150<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/beidler.audubon.org\">https:\/\/beidler.audubon.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hunting Island State Park<br \/>\n<\/strong>2555 Sea Island Parkway<br \/>\nHunting Island 843-838-2011<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huntingisland.com\">https:\/\/www.huntingisland.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Isle of Palms County Park<\/strong><br \/>\nIsle of Palms 843-762-9957<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccprc.com\">https:\/\/www.ccprc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>James Island County Park<br \/>\n<\/strong>871 Riverland Drive<br \/>\nCharleston 843-406-6990<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccprc.com\">https:\/\/www.ccprc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kiawah Beachwalker Park<\/strong><br \/>\n8 Beachwalker Drive<br \/>\nKiawah Island 843-762-9964<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccprc.com\">https:\/\/www.ccprc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mount Pleasant Palmetto Islands County Park<br \/>\n<\/strong>444 Needlerush Parkway<br \/>\nMt. Pleasant 843-406-6950<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccprc.com\">https:\/\/www.ccprc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>North Charleston Wannamaker County Park<br \/>\n<\/strong>8888 University Boulevard<br \/>\nNorth Charleston 843-762-5585<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccprc.com\">https:\/\/www.ccprc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Old Santee Canal Park<br \/>\n<\/strong>900 Stony Landing Road<br \/>\nMoncks Corner 843-899-5200<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldsanteecanalpark.org\/\">https:\/\/oldsanteecanalpark.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gardens &amp; Nature Centers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Animal Forest<br \/>\n<\/strong>Charles Towne Landing<br \/>\n1500 Old Towne Road<br \/>\nCharleston 843-852-4200<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com\">https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Audubon Swamp Garden<br \/>\n<\/strong>3550 Ashley River Road<br \/>\nCharleston 843-571-1266<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.magnoliaplantation.com\/swamp_garden.html\">https:\/\/magnoliaplantation.com\/swamp_garden.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boone Hall Plantation &amp; Gardens<br \/>\n<\/strong>1235 Long Point Road<br \/>\nMt. Pleasant 843-884-4371<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boonehallplantation.com\/\">https:\/\/boonehallplantation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Caw Caw Interpretive\u00a0Center<br \/>\n<\/strong>5200 Savannah Highway<br \/>\nRavenel 843-762-8015<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccprc.com\">https:\/\/www.ccprc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Charles Town Landing English Gardens<br \/>\n<\/strong>Charles Towne Landing<br \/>\n1500 Old Towne Road<br \/>\nCharleston 843-852-4200<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com\">https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cypress Gardens<br \/>\n<\/strong>3030 Cypress Gardens Road<br \/>\nMoncks Corner 843-553-0515<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cypressgardens.berkeleycountysc.gov\">https:\/\/cypressgardens.berkeleycountysc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis Wildlife Center<br \/>\n<\/strong>305 Black Oak Road<br \/>\nBonneau 843-825-3387<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnr.sc.gov\/\">https:\/\/dnr.sc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Drayton Hall Gardens<br \/>\n<\/strong>3380 Ashley River Road<br \/>\nCharleston 843-769-2600<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.draytonhall.org\/\">https:\/\/draytonhall.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Francis Beidler Forest Audubon Center<br \/>\n<\/strong>336 Sanctuary Road<br \/>\nHarleyville 843-462-2150<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/beidler.audubon.org\">https:\/\/beidler.audubon.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hampton Plantation State Historic Site<br \/>\n<\/strong>1950 Rutledge Road<br \/>\nMcClellanville 843-546-9361<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com\">https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heron Park Nature Center<br \/>\n<\/strong>Kiawah Island Golf Resort<br \/>\n12 Kiawah Beach Drive<br \/>\nKiawah Island 843-768-6001<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiawahresort.com\/\">https:\/\/kiawahresort.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magnolia Plantation &amp; Gardens<br \/>\n<\/strong>3550 Ashley River Road<br \/>\nCharleston 843-571-1266<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.magnoliaplantation.com\/\">https:\/\/magnoliaplantation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>McLeod Plantation<br \/>\n<\/strong>325 Country Club Drive<br \/>\nCharleston 843-762-9514<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccprc.com\">https:\/\/www.ccprc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Middleton Place Plantation &amp; Gardens<br \/>\n<\/strong>4300 Ashley River Road<br \/>\nCharleston 843-556-6020<br \/>\nToll Free 800-782-3608<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.middletonplace.org\/\">https:\/\/middletonplace.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nancy Bryan Luce Gardens<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mepkin Abbey\/Mepkin Plantation<br \/>\n1098 Mepkin Abbey Road<br \/>\nMoncks Corner 843-761-8509<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mepkinabbey.org\/\">https:\/\/mepkinabbey.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Philip Simmons Gardens<br \/>\n<\/strong>30 \u00bd Blake Street<br \/>\nCharleston 843-723-1259<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sewee Visitor &amp; Environmental Education Center<br \/>\n<\/strong>5821 Highway 17<br \/>\nAwendaw 843-928-3368<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuge\/sewee_center\">https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuge\/sewee_center<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Carolina Aquarium<br \/>\n<\/strong>100 Aquarium Wharf<br \/>\nCharleston 843-577-FISH<br \/>\nToll Free 800-722-6455<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scaquarium.org\/\">https:\/\/scaquarium.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Parks &amp; Recreation Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beaufort County Parks and Recreation<br \/>\n<\/strong>843-255-6680<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/playbeaufortcounty.com\">https:\/\/playbeaufortcounty.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nCity of Charleston Recreation<br \/>\n<\/strong>843-724-7327<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/charleston-sc.gov\/\">http:\/\/charleston-sc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Goose Creek Recreation Commission<br \/>\n<\/strong>843-797-6220<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofgoosecreek.com\/recreation\">https:\/\/www.cityofgoosecreek.com\/recreation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nIsle of Palms Recreation Department<br \/>\n<\/strong>843-886-8294<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iop.net\/\">https:\/\/iop.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mt. Pleasant Recreation Department<br \/>\n<\/strong>843-884-2528<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tompsc.com\/\">https:\/\/tompsc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>North Charleston Recreation Department<br \/>\n<\/strong>843-740-5814<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northcharleston.org\/\">https:\/\/northcharleston.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Summerville Parks &amp; Playgrounds<br \/>\n<\/strong>843-851-5211<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.summervillesc.gov\/196\/Parks-Recreation\">https:\/\/www.summervillesc.gov\/196\/Parks-Recreation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Charleston County Parks &amp; Recreation<br \/>\n<\/strong>843-795-4386<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccprc.com\">https:\/\/www.ccprc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR)<br \/>\n<\/strong>803-734-4007<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnr.sc.gov\">https:\/\/www.dnr.sc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>DNR Marine Resources<br \/>\n<\/strong>843-953-9300<br \/>\nFreshwater Fisheries<br \/>\n843-953-5160<br \/>\nWildlife<br \/>\n843-953-5291<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnr.sc.gov\">https:\/\/www.dnr.sc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>DNR Boating Information<br \/>\n<\/strong>843-953-9301<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnr.sc.gov\">https:\/\/www.dnr.sc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Carolina Environmental Education<br \/>\n<\/strong>803-896-8800<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scfc.gov\">https:\/\/www.scfc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Carolina Forest Recreation<br \/>\n<\/strong>803-896-8800<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scfc.gov\">https:\/\/www.scfc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Carolina Forestry Commission<br \/>\n<\/strong>803-896-8800<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scfc.gov\">https:\/\/www.scfc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Carolina State Parks<br \/>\n<\/strong>803-734-0156<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com\">https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Carolina State Trails Program<br \/>\n<\/strong>803-734-1700<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scprt.com\/recreation\/recreation-grant-programs\/recreational-trails-program\">https:\/\/www.scprt.com\/recreation\/recreation-grant-programs\/recreational-trails-program<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPORTS &amp; RECREATION \/ PARKS AND NATURE State &amp; Federal Parkland Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site 1500 Old Towne Road Charleston 843-852-4200 https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com Colleton State Park 147 Wayside Lane Walterboro 843-538-8206 https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site 300 State Park Road Summerville 843-873-1740 https:\/\/southcarolinaparks.com Edisto Beach State Park 8377 State Cabin Road Edisto Island [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Charleston3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Charleston3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Charleston3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Charleston3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Charleston3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=533"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Charleston3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Charleston3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/533\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Charleston3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}