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Poinsett State Park was the first of many parks built by the CCC in South Carolina. [8] During the days of racial segregation, the nearby state park for blacks was Mill Creek Group Camp. [ 9 ] The park was closed in 1963 for a year, along with all of South Carolina's state parks, due to a Federal court order to desegregate the parks, and it ...
Swan Lake Iris Gardens is a public park located in Sumter, South Carolina. It is currently the only public park in the United States to have all eight species of swans —including Royal white mutes , Black Necks , Coscorobas , Whoopers , Black Australians , Whistlers, Bewicks , and Trumpeters .
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).
The Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center is located at 340 Concord Street, Liberty Square, Charleston, South Carolina, on the banks of the Cooper River. [3] The center features museum exhibits about the disagreements between the North and South that led to the incidents at Fort Sumter, particularly in South Carolina and Charleston.
The Sumter National Forest consists of 370,442 acres (1,499.13 km 2) which are divided into 3 distinct sections in western and central South Carolina. The Enoree Ranger District is the largest, comprising roughly 170,000 acres in Chester , Fairfield , Laurens , Newberry , and Union counties.
The forest is found in the High Hills of Santee region of central South Carolina and comprises 28,675 acres (11,600 ha) of woodland, meadowland, and bottomland located alongside the Wateree River watershed to the west, the unincorporated community of Wedgefield, South Carolina to the north, the city of Sumter, South Carolina to the east, and Pinewood, South Carolina to the south.
Lake Greenwood State Park is a state park located near the town of Ninety Six in Greenwood County, South Carolina. The 914-acre (3.7 km 2) park partially occupies a series of peninsulas bordering 11,400-acre (46.1 km 2) Lake Greenwood. The state park consists of land donated in 1938, during the Great Depression, by Greenwood County.
Sadlers Creek State Park is a state park located near the town of Anderson in Anderson County, South Carolina. The park is on a peninsula which extends into Lake Hartwell. [1] Activities available at the park include picnicking, fishing, hiking, boating, swimming, biking, bird watching and geocaching.