The site of South Carolina's first permanent European settlement, founded in 1670, with a twelve-room exhibit hall, a replica 17th-century trading ketch you can board, and the Animal Forest. Eighty acres of gardens and six miles of trail follow the Ashley River marsh.
Things to do
🥾 Hiking
🚲 Biking
🐦 Birding
🧭 Geocaching
Amenities & facilities
🌿 Nature Center
🌞 Day Use Only
Entrance fee
$12 per adult — $12/adult; $7.50/S.C. Senior; $7/youth age 6-15; Free for children 5 and younger.
Hours
Park Grounds: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., daily.
Hours as published by SC State Parks. Check the official page before a long drive.