Hunting Island State Park

State: South Carolina

Address 1: 2555 Sea Island Parkway

City: Hunting Island

Zip: 29920

Phone: 843-838-2011

Open all Year: Yes

Electric Water: 173

Camp URL: http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/1019.aspx

Full Hook: Yes

About: Hunting Island is South Carolina’s single most popular state park, attracting more than a million human visitors a year.

Also attracted to the semi-tropical barrier island is an array of wildlife, ranging from loggerhead sea turtles to painted buntings, barracudas to sea horses, alligators, pelicans, dolphins and deer, raccoons, Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes and even the rare coral snake.

What they all enjoy is five miles of beach, thousands of acres of marsh, tidal creeks and maritime forest, a saltwater lagoon and ocean inlet. Amenities include a fishing pier and some of the state’s most desirable campsites.

Directions: From I-95: Take Hwy 21 E. toward Beaufort. Drive 42 mi. Hwy 21 ends at the park.