Santee State Park

Santee State Park

South Carolina State Parks
name= Santee State Park


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built= 1942
area= convert|2500|acre|km2|1
closest_town= Santee, South Carolina
camping_sites= 158 camping sites.
hiking_trails= 4
other_info= boating, hiking, camping, birding, canoeing and kayaking [cite web|url=http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/535.aspx|date=5 December, 2007|title="About This Park - Santee State Park - South Carolina State Parks"]
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Santee State Park is in the Sandhills of South Carolina on the western edge of the convert|110000|acre|km2|0|sing=on Lake Marion. It is located off SC 6, three miles (5 km) northwest of the town of Santee and I-95. [ [http://www.santeetourism.com/statepark/statepark.html Santee South Carolina State Park ] ]

The park offers boating, hiking, camping, birding, canoeing and kayaking. Well known for fishing, this park offers a chance to catch record size Largemouth Bass. [ [http://www.dnr.sc.gov/fish/freshrecs/records.html Freshwater Fish Records for South Carolina ] ] Other fish that abound are Striped bass, Channel catfish, Trout, White Perch, White bass, Crappie, Shellcrackers and Bream and Chain (Jack). Lake Marion can be accessed by two boatramps that the park has.

The convert|2500|acre|km2|1|sing=on park was created in 1942 when Orangeburg County donated the land. It has 2 campgrounds. Cypress View Campground has 50 sites and Lakeshore Campground has 108 sites. Restroom facilities with hot showers are accessible by both campgrounds. Many sites can accommodate RVs up to 40 feet in length. There are also 30 rondette cabins, each with 2 bedroom and 1 bath, 10 of which are on piers over the lake.

The park has 3 hiking trails and 1 biking trail. The "Limestone Nature Trail" and the "Oak Pinolly Nature Trail" are 1 mile hiking trails. The "Sinkhole Pond Nature Trail" is a half mile hiking trail. The biking trail is 7 miles long. [ [http://www.sctrails.net/Trails/MAPS/ORANGEBURG%20Co%20Tr.html Map Page ] ]

External links

* [http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/common/maps/parksmap/MapSantee.pdf Park Map]
* [http://www.sctrails.net/Trails/MAPS/SanteeSP%20map.html Trail Map]

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