Keowee-Toxaway State Park in Pickens County, South Carolina, spans 1,000 acres along Lake Keowee's shores with stunning Blue Ridge Mountain views and serves as a gateway to the Jocassee Gorges.
Alligator Adventure in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is one of the world's largest reptile parks, offering visitors the chance to encounter over 700 alligators and other exotic animals such as crocodiles, caimans, snakes, lemurs, and birds across its 15-acre natural swamp and marsh environment.
Baker Creek State Park spans 1,305 acres near McCormick in western South Carolina, adjacent to Lake Thurmond (also known as Clarks Hill Lake) on land leased from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since 1967.
Aiken State Park spans 1,067 acres near Windsor in rural Aiken County, South Carolina, along the free-flowing South Edisto River amid diverse habitats of swamps, bottomland forests, and sandhill pine woods.
EdVenture in Columbia, South Carolina, is the largest children's museum in the Southeast United States, offering over 350 interactive exhibits and educational experiences designed for children 12 and younger.
Barefoot Landing is a large and popular shopping, dining, and entertainment complex located in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, along the Intracoastal Waterway.
Oconee Station State Historic Site near Walhalla in Oconee County, South Carolina, preserves the 1792 stone blockhouse—the oldest building in the county—built by the South Carolina State Militia as a frontier outpost to protect settlers from Cherokee and Creek raids, garrisoned by 20-30 troops until 1799.
Battle of Rivers Bridge State Historic Site in Ehrhardt, South Carolina, preserves the only Civil War battlefield in the state's park system, where 1,200 Confederates under Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws made one of their final stands against 5,000 Union troops led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman on February 2-3, 1865, across the swampy Salkehatchie River.
Sadlers Creek State Park spans 395 acres on a peninsula jutting into Lake Hartwell, one of the Savannah River reservoirs near Anderson, South Carolina, offering prime access for camping, fishing, boating, hiking, and mountain biking.
Devils Fork State Park spans 622 acres in northwestern South Carolina near Salem on the edge of Lake Jocassee, a pristine 7,500-acre reservoir in the Sumter National Forest, created in 1990 and accessible via SC 11.
McLeod Plantation Historic Site, located on James Island near Charleston, South Carolina, is a preserved 37-acre site that offers a deep and meaningful look into the complex history of the Lowcountry, particularly its African American Gullah/Geechee heritage.
Sesquicentennial State Park, known as Sesqui, spans 1,419 acres in northeast Columbia, South Carolina, in the Sandhills region with a 30-acre lake built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s as part of the New Deal during Columbia's 1936 sesquicentennial celebration.
Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, opened to the public in 1976 and is centered around the historic World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, known as the Fighting Lady.
