# Road trips in South Carolina > 5 road trips and 15 hand-picked places in South Carolina, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. Source: https://camping-spirit.com/roadtrips/south-carolina/ 5 road trips and 15 hand-picked places in South Carolina, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. ## Road trips through South Carolina - [The Grand Strand and Georgetown to Charleston](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-grand-strand/): South Carolina’s northern coast on US-17: Myrtle Beach, sculpture gardens and state park beaches, old Georgetown, the Francis Marion forest and Fort Moultrie. - [Lowcountry oaks, Ashley River plantations and Congaree](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-ashley-river-congaree/): From Edisto Beach and the Angel Oak along the oak-lined Ashley River Road to the old-growth swamp forest of Congaree National Park. - [Waterfalls of the South Carolina Upstate](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b10-sc-upstate-waterfalls/): Along the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway to granite domes, a clear mountain lake and a dozen falls. - [Lowcountry: Charleston to Savannah](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/lowcountry/): Spanish moss, marsh islands and two of the South’s most beautiful old cities. - [Cape Fear coast: Wilmington, Fort Fisher and Southport](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-cape-fear-coast/): Wilmington’s riverfront and battleship, wild Venus flytraps, the Fort Fisher ferry to Southport and the Oak Island Lighthouse on North Carolina’s southern coast. ## Places worth the detour in South Carolina - [Table Rock State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-table-rock-sc/): A bare granite dome reflected in a lake, with rustic 1930s park buildings. The summit trail is a strenuous all-day climb; the lake view needs no effort. - [Lake Jocassee, Devils Fork State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-lake-jocassee/): The only public access to a clear mountain lake fed by waterfalls, many of them reachable only by boat or kayak. Rentals and tours run from the park. - [Brookgreen Gardens](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-brookgreen-gardens/): A sculpture garden laid out in the 1930s on four former rice plantations, with one of the largest collections of American figurative sculpture under live oaks, a small zoo and creek boat tours. Tickets are valid for several consecutive days. - [Angel Oak](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-angel-oak/): A Southern live oak thought to be several hundred years old, with limbs sprawling over a canopy of about 17,000 square feet. Free, fenced city park with a small parking lot and limited opening hours. - [Congaree National Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-congaree/): The largest intact old-growth bottomland hardwood forest in the southeastern US, with giant loblolly pines and bald cypress seen from a 2.6-mile boardwalk loop. Free; bring insect repellent from spring to autumn. - [Hunting Island Lighthouse](https://camping-spirit.com/places/hunting-island/): A black-and-white lighthouse you can climb, above a beach of storm-bleached trees. - [Falls Park on the Reedy](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-falls-park-reedy/): A waterfall in the middle of downtown Greenville, crossed by the curved Liberty Bridge. Easy to combine with a walk along Main Street. - [Caesars Head State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-caesars-head/): A granite overlook on the Blue Ridge Escarpment right next to the parking lot, and the trailhead for the hike to 420-foot Raven Cliff Falls. - [Issaqueena Falls and Stumphouse Tunnel](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-issaqueena-falls/): A 100-foot waterfall next to an unfinished 1850s railroad tunnel you can walk into. Both are a few minutes from the same parking lot. - [Myrtle Beach State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-myrtle-beach-sp/): A stretch of beach and maritime forest south of the high-rises, with a fishing pier, nature trails and a large campground. Entry fee per person; a quieter alternative to the crowded city beaches in summer. - [Huntington Beach State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-huntington-beach-sp/): Beach, salt marsh and Atalaya, the Moorish-style winter house of Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington. The causeway across the freshwater lagoon is good for alligators and birds; campsites book up in spring. - [Fort Moultrie](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-fort-moultrie/): Part of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, rebuilt several times since the palmetto-log fort that held off the British fleet in 1776. Small entry fee; harbor and ocean views from the walls. - [Edisto Beach State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-edisto-beach-sp/): A quiet beach of shells and fossils at the end of the ACE Basin road, with campsites by the sea and in maritime forest and a trail to a 4,000-year-old shell midden. Park fee; there are no high-rises on the island. - [Drayton Hall](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-drayton-hall/): A Palladian plantation house from the mid-1700s on the Ashley River, preserved but never restored. Guided tours cover the house and the lives of the enslaved people who worked the land; admission is charged. - [Middleton Place](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-middleton-place/): Formal gardens begun in 1741, with grass terraces and butterfly-shaped lakes above the Ashley River and a stableyard with craft demonstrations. Admission is charged; the house museum tour costs extra. ## FAQs **What are the best road trips in South Carolina?** Popular routes include The Grand Strand and Georgetown to Charleston, Lowcountry oaks, Ashley River plantations and Congaree, Waterfalls of the South Carolina Upstate and Lowcountry: Charleston to Savannah. CampingSpirit has 5 trip guides that pass through South Carolina, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map. **Which places in South Carolina are worth a detour?** Our editors recommend Table Rock State Park, Lake Jocassee, Devils Fork State Park, Brookgreen Gardens, Angel Oak and Congaree National Park.