List of South Carolina state parks
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1933 |
| Headquarters | 1205 Pendleton Street Columbia, SC 29201 |
| Annual budget | $120 million (2008)[1] |
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| 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 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 nearly 80,000 acres of sensitive, attractive, and/or historically significant lands in South Carolina.[2] The facilities fall under four types of classifications:
- 30 State Parks
- 15 State Historic Sites
- one (1) State Resort Park
- one (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.
List of facilities
The following is a list of all State Park Service facilities:
- Aiken State Park
- Andrew Jackson State Park
- Baker Creek State Park
- Barnwell State Park
- Caesars Head State Park
- Calhoun Falls State Park
- Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
- Cheraw State Park
- Chester State Park
- Colleton State Park
- Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site
- Croft State Park
- Devils Fork State Park
- Dreher Island State Recreation Area
- Edisto Beach State Park
- Givhans Ferry State Park
- Goodale State Park
- H. Cooper Black Jr. Memorial Field Trial and Recreation Area
- Hamilton Branch State Park
- Hampton Plantation State Historic Site
- Hickory Knob State Resort Park
- Hunting Island State Park
- Huntington Beach State Park
- Jones Gap State Park
- Keowee-Toxaway State Natural Area
- Kings Mountain State Park
- Lake Greenwood State Recreation Area
- Lake Hartwell State Recreation Area
- Lake Warren State Park
- Lake Wateree State Recreation Area
- Landsford Canal State Park
- Lee State Natural Area
- Lee State Park
- Little Pee Dee State Park
- Musgrove Mill State Historic Site
- Myrtle Beach State Park
- Oconee State Park
- Oconee Station State Historic Site
- Paris Mountain State Park
- Poinsett State Park
- Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site
- Rivers Bridge State Historic Site
- Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site
- Sadlers Creek State Park
- Santee State Park
- Sesquicentennial State Park
- Table Rock State Park
- Woods Bay State Park
References
- ↑ http://www.census.gov/govs/state/0841scst.html SC Government Finances
- ↑ http://www.scprt.com/state-park-service/parkservicehistory/parkservicehistory1967.aspx Park Service History 1967-Present
- ↑ http://www.scprt.com/state-park-service/parkservicehistory/parkservicehistory1933.aspx Park Service History 1933-1942
- ↑ http://www.scprt.com/files/SC%20Media%20Room/2009%20Press%20Kit/South%20Carolina%20Facts.pdf South Carolina Facts
