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Santee State Park is in the Sandhills of South Carolina on the western edge of the 110,000-acre (445 km 2) Lake Marion. It is located off SC 6, three miles (5 km) northwest of the town of Santee and I-95. [3] The park offers boating, hiking, camping, birding, canoeing and kayaking.
The State of South Carolina has a group of protected areas managed by the South Carolina State Park Service (often abbreviated to SCPRT or 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).
It has become a resort town of note located centrally north-south along the Atlantic Seaboard of South Carolina. The region has been rural, with a primarily agricultural economy typical of Orangeburg County, but is now known primarily for its several golf courses in proximity to Lake Marion, Santee State Park and other Lake Marion attractions.
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The 195-acre park surrounds Biggin Creek, a swampy waterway that was once the site of America’s first summit-level canal. Old Santee Canal Park is a quiet oasis where nature and history can be ...
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The refuge contains the Santee Native American mound, which is the farthest eastern known representation of the Mississippian culture. Later built upon this same mound was the Revolutionary British Fort Watson, which was taken by Marion's Brigade in April 1781. The site has been an important site of archeological investigations.
Santee Indian Mound was part of a Santee mound village complex; it was probably a burial and/or temple mound, likely constructed in some cultural period between 1200–1500. The fortification, British American Revolutionary War post Fort Watson, was built from 30 to 50 feet (9.1 to 15.2 m) high atop the mound.