Edisto Beach State Park




Welcome to Edisto Beach State Park, Edisto S.C.

 













We camped at Edisto Beach State Park in September.  We have never been much for the beach.  When you say, "beach," I think of fake pink flamingos, tattoo parlors, bars, trashed hotels, lights and noisy air planes with an adverting banner attached to it.  Not so here.  This is a very natural beach and feels very much like any other state park with one exception; a HUGE ocean.

Weather during Stay: Cool at night and mid 80’s during the day
Phone/tv/radio: Phone Service, yes,
Elevation/landscape/terrain: Flat and sandy
Light/noise: Amazing Stars
Dog friendly: Yes, the park is dog friendly as well as the beach. I know that there are two restaurants that have outdoor seating that is dog friendly as well (McConkey's as mentioned below and Sea Cow Eatery).

Comments:

There are very little amenities in this park. The office has a couple of t-shirts, caps, and a freezer of ice-cream bars.  We would like to see the park sell a few more items.  One of the things we like to collect are park patches and walking stick medallions.  This would help the park raise more money.  You will probably need to go to town for any souvenirs. The Piggly Wiggly is directly across the street which is extremely convenient.  The store is very small but well managed.  A Piggly Wiggly, what else do you need?!?

The bathrooms are very old and are in need of repair; however, they were fairly clean considering all of the traffic. None of the beach camp site bath rooms are handicap friendly.  For example, the stalls are too small and the showers have a step.  It is my understanding that overflow camping area is more modern and is handicap friendly.





Beach Access Camp Site #53

  












Most of the beach access points are short and fairly easy walking. The fire station has beach friendly wheelchairs for those in need.  The wheelchairs have big wheels and will glide you across the sand.  The waves are surprisingly large and at high tide there is little beach. Once the tide goes out it is easy walking with plenty of beautiful sea shells for the picking. I hear there are large shells at the point; however, we never made it that far.

We ate dinner at McConkey’s Jungle Shack one evening and the food was great as well as the service. It has outdoor patio seating that is dog friendly (How cool is that?)  Buck’s Pizza was okay; nothing to write home about just cheap pizza. We were going to get fresh seafood from Edisto Seafood, however they do not steam crabs. So we chose to go to Flowers Seafood. These guys were friendly and we decided to let them do all the work. The crab legs were the best we have ever had.

Hiking/walking:
The parks website advertises the trails to be ADA; however, the staff does not know what a mobility scooter is (which Tommy uses) and seems to be reluctant for you to use it.  Even the 2 sites we saw that are designated for handicap use, did not look friendly with the exception, they are close to the bath house.  Overall, wheelchair users will be challenged at this park.

Our Opinion:
All in all if you are looking for a quite campground with beach access this is the one.

Site Description:
We had site 53 in the beach campground. This was a good site until heavy winds came in. There is not anything to shield you from the wind and the wind did get rocky. The access to the beach is right there and it is close to the bathhouse. This site is well shaded and very heavy in lose sand. We also had site 55 the ground was much more firm.

Favorite Sites:
Sites we will look at next time: Single: 010, 053 Double: 061 and 008

Most of the campsites in the last loop have no shade.

Tommy & Heather

Beach

Sally sun tanning

Sand Everywhere!

Heather having a great time