South Carolina River Runner's Handbook

Looking for a place to launch your boat? Planning a canoe trip? Or do you just like to watch the water splashing downstream?

This list shows many of the parks, boat ramps, and access points along South Carolina's major rivers and canals. Many of them are good places for launching boats, canoes, rafts, and inner tubes into the rivers. Under the headings for each river, the parks are listed in order from upstream to downstream.

• Ashepoo River
  1. Frank E. Baldwin, Jr. Bridge Landing
• Ashley River
  1. Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site
  2. Herbert H. Jessen Public Boat Landing
  3. Middleton Place
  4. Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
  5. Drayton Hall
  6. Pierpont Public Boat Landing
  7. W. O. Thomas, Jr. Boat Landing
  8. West Ashley Bikeway
  9. Brittle Bank Park
  10. White Point Gardens and the Battery
• Battery Creek
  1. Sands Beach
• Beaufort River
  
  
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  1. Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park
  2. Sands Beach
• Broad River
  1. Peak-to-Prosperity Rail-Trail
  2. Lockhart Canal
  3. Broad River Canoe Access @ SC #213
  4. Harbison State Forest
  5. Columbia Canal and Riverfront Park
• Catawba River
  1. Fort Mill Access Area
  2. Catawba Cultural Center
  3. Landsford Canal State Park
  4. Highway 9 Landing
• Chechessee River
  1. Edgar Glenn Boat Landing
• Combahee River
  1. Combahee Landing
• Congaree River
  1. Barney Jordan Landing
  2. Bates Bridge Landing
  3. Cayce Riverwalk
  4. Congaree National Park
  5. Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
  6. Granby Park
  7. Columbia Canal and Riverfront Park
  8. Thomas Newman Public Boat Landing
  9. West Columbia Riverwalk
• Cooper River
  1. Childsbury Towne Heritage Preserve
  2. Liberty Square
  3. Mepkin Abbey
  4. North Charleston Riverfront Park
  5. Old Santee Canal Park
  6. Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum
  7. Remleys Point Public Boat Landing
  8. Charleston Waterfront Park
  9. White Point Gardens and the Battery
  10. Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park
  11. Bushy Park Water Access
• Coosawhatchee River
  1. Dawson Landing
• Diversion Canal
  1. Diversion Canal and Santee Cooper Aquaculture Center
• Edisto River
  1. Colleton State Park
  2. Givhans Ferry State Park
  3. Grove Plantation
  4. Long Creek Landing
• Elliot Cut
  1. Riverland Terrace Public Boat Landing
• Enoree River
  1. Musgrove Mill State Historic Site
• Folly River
  1. Folly Beach County Park
• Great Pee Dee River
  1. Hobcaw Point Observation and Fishing Pier
  2. Winyah Bay Fishing and Observation Pier
• Harbor River
  1. Hunting Island State Park
• Intracoastal Waterway
  1. Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park
  2. Pickett Bridge Recreation Area
  3. Sewee Shell Mound area
  4. Buck Hall Recreation Area
  5. Garris Landing
  6. Vereen Memorial Historical Gardens
  7. Fort Moultrie National Monument
• Kiawah River
  1. Kiawah Beachwalker Park
• Kingstree Swamp Canal
  1. Mill Street Landing
• Little Pee Dee River
  1. Floydale Bridge Landing
  2. Galivants Ferry Landing
  3. Little Pee Dee State Park
  4. Little Pee Dee Heritage Preserve and Wildlife Management Area
• Lynches River
  
  
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  1. Lee State Park
  2. Lynches River County Park
• MacKay's Creek
  1. Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge
• New River
  1. New River Linear Trail
• North Fork Edisto River
  1. Baughman's Landing
  2. Carson Park
  3. Edisto Memorial Gardens and surrounding parks
  4. Livingston Landing
  5. Rowe's Bridge Landing
  6. Slab Landing
• North Santee River
  1. Pole Yard Public Boat Landing
  2. Santee Delta Wildlife Management Area
  3. Hopsewee Plantation
• Pacolet River
  1. Pacolet River Heritage Trust Preserve
• Rediversion Canal
  1. Rediversion Canal
• Reedy River
  1. Cleveland Park of Greenville
  2. Falls Park
  3. Linky Stone Park
• Salkehatchie River
  1. Rivers Bridge State Historic Site
  2. Buford's Bridge Landing
• Saluda River
  1. Hope Ferry Road Landing
  2. Saluda Shoals Park
  3. Riverbanks Zoo, Botanical Garden, and Picnic area
• Sampit River
  1. East Bay Park
  2. East Bay Street Landing
  3. Georgetown Harborwalk
  4. Morgan Park
• Santee River
  1. Santee River Access at US #52
• Savannah River
  1. Below Dam Site
  2. Riverview Park
  3. Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
  4. Silver Bluff Plantation Sanctuary
  5. Tillman Sand Ridge Heritage Preserve and B-C Landing
  6. Furys Ferry Boat Ramp
  7. Cohen's Bluff
  8. Brick Pond Park
  9. Boeckh Park
• South Fork Edisto River
  1. Aiken State Park
  2. South Edisto River Access at SC #39
• South Santee River
  1. Hampton Plantation State Historic Site
  2. Santee Coastal Reserve Wildlife Management Area
• Stono River
  1. Battery Island Landing
  2. James Island County Park
• Tailrace Canal
  1. William H. Dennis Landing
• Tyger River
  1. Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site
• Waccamaw River
  1. Brookgreen Gardens
  2. Conway Riverwalk
• Wando River
  1. Daniel Island Waterfront Park
  2. Remleys Point Public Boat Landing
• Wateree River
  1. Lugoff Access Area
  2. Public Boat Ramp of Lugoff
  3. W. T. Tolar Public Boat Landing
  4. Manchester State Forest

Links:

Berkeley County's Blueways: http://www.berkeleyblueways.com/

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