Edisto Island State Park "Take Two"

 

We have now officially become an Edisto Isand Groupie. One thing is forsure about the people that come to this island, they fall in love the first time they laid eyes on her. Some of the comments we heard on this trip: "I have been coming here since 1961" , "We come here every spring and fall", and "We dont tell anyone about this place".

We visited the interpretive center and it was very nice.They have several aquariums with all types of sea life.

 

Weather Conditions: Our trip was about mid October and the weather was mid to high 60's during he day and high 40's low 50's at night.

 

Light/Noise: Who would have know there were so many stars. We even used on app on the cell phone to identify some of them. The only sounds you will hear are those of nature and the tranquil sound of the oceans surft.

 

Phone/TV/Radio: They say they have wifi; however, I never picked up the signal. We had great cell phone coverage.

 

Elevation/Lanscape/Terrain: Flat and Sandy

 

Comfort Stations: Last year we commented on the bathrooms being old but clean. This year it was worse, infact I made a comment that I felt as though I was showering in a third world country's prison. They really need to put more money in the state parks that are making money before they fall apart.

 

Accessibility: The park seems to accessible just about everywhere.

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 too (McConkey's as mentioned below and Sea Cow Eatery).

Wild Life: Blue Heron, Erged

 

Resturants: We normally don't eat out while camping because camping and cooking just go together. But since we were on the coast and frying fish is such a mess we did eat out several nights. We ate a McConkey's Jungle Shack as usual. We also tried the Waterfront Resturant, they were okay, but nothing compares to Flowers Seafood. The only bad thing about Flowers is they only cook Thursday - Sunday. What's a person to do Monday - Wednesday?

 

Comments: If you want souviners from the state park I hope you want a t-shirt because that is it. They do have things with Edisto printed on them but not the state park. The landmark, "Piggly Wiggly" has now been bought out by BiLo. Be sure to take water for drinking, cooking, coffee, and pets. The water on the island is salty.

 

Hiking/Walking: The park has about 7 miles of hiking trails and they are ADA compliant. We hiked along parts of the "Spanish Mount Trail", "Scotts Creek Trail", "Bache Trail", "The Big Bay Trail". They were accessible for mobility chairs. The Scotts Creek Trail is the only trail that really has a view and it is beautiful. We also walked out to the Bache Monument and the Spanish Mount. They both are very short easy walks.

 

Our Opinion: This was our third time to the island and the second time camping there; we love it. It is truely a peaceful island. Almost everything on the island is Ma' and Pa' owned. We have already booked at dates for next year.

 

Site Description: We had sites 44 and 46 they were on the the marsh side and where nice and spaceous with beautiful views of the marshland, sunsets, and ergrets.

 

Favorite Site: If we were to go by our selves we would look at site 24. We would stay away from 38-40. One of those sites seem to be very unlevel.