BERKELEY COUNTY

•Berkeley County Blueways - 175 miles of paddling trails in lakes Moultrie, lower lake Marion, the Santee River and Francis Marion National Forest. www.berkeleyblueways.com, Email - berkconsdist@homexpressway.net. (843) 719-4146

•Cypress Gardens – 250 acre park – Explore the cypress swamp by boat, 4.5 mile walking trail, butterfly house, reptile center, and 24,000 gallon freshwater aquarium.  8 miles east of Moncks Corner – Hwy 52 (843) 553-0515

•Mepkin Abbey - Catholic monestary of extraordinary peace and beauty 8 miles SE of Moncks Corner off SC 402 (843) 761-8509

•St. James Church - Built in 1714 - Goose Creek off Old State Road (Hwy. 52)

•Francis Marion's Grave - Grave of the renowned "Swamp Fox" located off SC 45 between SC 6 and Eadytown.

•Dennis Wildlife Center & Hatchery located in Bonneau off Hwy 52

•Francis Marion National Forest - 245,000 acre park

Old Santee Canal Park and Berkeley Museum - Tailrace Canal in Moncks Corner Hwy 52 By pass (843) 899-5200 (843) 899-5101

•CSS David - Replica of the Confederate torpedo boat located at the Berkeley Museum (843) 899-5101

CALHOUN COUNTY

•Calhoun County Museum - 303 Butler St. - St. Matthews - museum contains an art gallery, history , costume & silver, back & agricul- tural galleries and research room and archives (803) 874-3964

CLARENDON COUNTY

•Fort Watson – sight where a British outpost was located atop a 30 foot Indian ceremonial mound – off US 301-15 at Santee Wildlife Refuge

Santee National Wildlife Refuge – Visitors’ center and hiking trails – US 301-15 Summerton. (803) 478-2217

•Pocotaligo Park - 1,296 foot boardwalk winding through 40 acres of swamp and timberland - north of Manning on US 301 near the intersection of US 521

•Taw Caw Park - 50 acre park on the Shores of Lake Marion near Goat Island

ORANGEBURG COUNTY

•Branchville Railroad Shrine & Museum - Home of the oldest railroad unction in the world. Museum is located beside the tracks on Hwy. 21

•Edisto River – longest black water river in the world

•Edisto Memorial Gardens and Horne Wetlands Park 110 acres of roses, azaleas and camellias set on the banks of the Edisto River -

US 301 in Orangeburg (803) 534-6821

•Fisheagle Lake & Swamp Boat Tours - Santee 800-967-7739

•I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium - located at SC State University in Orangeburg (803) 536-7174

Elloree Heritage Museum -an exciting and educational view of SC’s rural past. Located on Cleveland St in Elloree

•Vallentines Cotton Gin and General Store “a peek into the past” located just off Hwy 30l, 13 miles south of Orangeburg in Cope (803) 534-7105

•Orangeburg National Fish Hatchery - Hwy 21 by-pass in Orangeburg (803) 534-4828

•Eutaw Springs Battleground - site of the last major battle in SC of the American Revolution Hwy 6 Eutawville

SUMTER COUNTY

•Church of the Holy Cross - site of Joel Poinsett's tomb - church is an excellent example of Gothic Revival architecture - Hwy 261 in Statesburg (803) 494-8101

•Sumter Gallery of Art & Patriot Hall -Both are

located in the Cultural Center on Haynsworth Street

Poinsett State Park - park contains plants, animals and terrain of both the Low Country and Up Country Hwy 521 (803) 494-8171

•Sumter County Museum and Historical & Genealogical Research Center Back Country Homestead, exhibits - Southern Mansion built in t1916, living history demonstrations, Celtic Festival in March - 122 N. Washington St. - Sumter (803) 775-0908 www.sumtercountymuseum.org

•Swan Lake Iris Gardens - 6 million Dutch and Japanese irises sur round the lake - West Liberty St. - (803) 778-5434

Palmetto Trail

Six passages of the Palmetto Trail run through Santee Cooper Country from the coast just north of Awendaw to Manchester State Forest in Sumter County. The passages are; Swamp Fox, Lake Moultrie, Eutaw Springs, Santee, Lake Marion, and High Hill of Santee. The trail will eventually go all the way to the North Carolina border.

Chambers of Commerce Convention and Visitors Bureaus

Berkeley County Chamber - 800-882-0337 - www.bcoc.com

Calhoun County Chamber (803) 655-5650

Clarendon County Chamber - 800-731-LAKE - www.clarendoncounty.com

Orangeburg County Chamber - 800-545-6153 - www.orangeburgsc.net

Sumter County Chamber - (803) 775-1231

Tri-County Chamber - 800-778-5646 - www.tri-crcc.com

Santee Tourism - (803) 854-2152 - www.santeetourism.com

Sumter Convention and Visitors Bureau - 800-688-4748 - www.sumtertourism.com