National Park System units in South Carolina
South Carolina has 7 National Park System units. The list below also includes one place the Park Service does not count as a unit of its own. Each one has its own page here with hours, current alerts, campgrounds and what there is to do.
South Carolina in figures
- National Park System units
- 7
- Free to enter
- 6
- Recreation visits in 2025
- 1,622,718
- Busiest unit, 814,658 visits
- Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
- Campgrounds
- 2
A unit that reaches into another state counts in full here and in each other state it touches.
Free to enter Charges an entrance feePoints are the Park Service reference point for each unit, not a boundary.
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Fees, hours, alerts, campgrounds and activities are from the NPS API. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.







