Free and paid camping in South Carolina

64 camps in South Carolina: 51 free, 13 charge a fee. Every camp that charges is marked fee in the list below — or press Free only to hide them.

Every camp we have found on public land in South Carolina, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

SCDNR35 camps

• Capers Island Heritage Preserve primitive campsite2 ft · notes
• Capers Island Heritage Preserve primitive campsite5 ft · notes
• Eastatoe Creek Heritage Preserve Eastatoe Gorge Campsite1,367 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite2,056 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite1,809 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite1,980 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite1,386 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite1,964 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite1,356 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite2,180 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite2,367 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite2,067 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite2,150 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite1,805 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite1,888 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite1,897 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite2,259 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite958 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite2,219 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite2,443 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite2,376 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite2,333 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite1,799 ft · notes
• Jocassee Gorges primitive campsite1,866 ft · notes
• Marsh WMA primitive campsite35 ft · notes
• South Fenwick Island WMA Campsite 14 ft · notes
• South Fenwick Island WMA Campsite 27 ft · notes
• South Fenwick Island WMA Campsite 36 ft · notes
• Waccamaw River Heritage Preserve sandbar camping (Chris Anderson Boat Landing)16 ft · notes
• Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve primitive camping (entrance)3,055 ft · notes
• Woodbury WMA Dunham Bluff Landing Campsite22 ft · notes
• Woodbury WMA primitive campsite7 ft · notes
• Woodbury WMA primitive campsite13 ft · notes
• Woodbury WMA primitive campsite9 ft · notes
• Woodbury WMA primitive campsite12 ft · notes

U.S. Forest Service14 camps

• Brick House547 ft · fee
• Cassidy Bridge1,240 ft · fee
• Cherry Hill2,267 ft · fee
• Collins Creek427 ft · fee
• Cyper Creek445 ft · fee
• Fell539 ft · fee
• Francis Marion National Forest29 ft · notes
• Lick Fork Lake458 ft · fee
• Midway586 ft · fee
• Morrows Bridgefee
• Parsons Mtn Lake553 ft · fee
• Sedalia Campground568 ft · fee
• Whetstone1,655 ft · fee
• Woods Ferry Campground349 ft · fee

Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests14 camps

• Boggy Campground525 ft
• Buckhall Campground7 ft
• Burrells Ford2,043 ft
• Elmwood Campground16 ft
• Faulkner Mountain Campground534 ft
• Grapevine1,331 ft
• Guilliard Lake13 ft
• Herbert445 ft
• Key Bridge270 ft
• Long Bottom Ford1,585 ft
• Pouluos Loop453 ft
• Rocky Branch471 ft
• Tip Top583 ft
• Willow Oak437 ft

Elsewhere in South Carolina1 camps

• Charleston County14 ft · notes