Congaree National Park

We visited Congaree National Park in South Carolina, one of the least-visited parks.

There isn’t a huge amount there; it’s basically one visitor center, a couple of primitive campgrounds, a boardwalk trail, some back country trails, and a bunch of wilderness.

Here’s a map; click or tap to interact with it on the NPS site:

Congaree map.

An interactive Google map:

Nearing the park, a tortoise crossing the road:

Turtle on the road

Entrance sign:

Entrance sign

Visitor center:

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Mosquito meter; we didn’t put on bug spray (but had it), and didn’t get bitten:

Visitor center

Trail info:

Visitor center

We did the 2.6 mile boardwalk:

Boardwalk

A self-guided boardwalk tour:

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Loblolly pine:

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Lake, with a couple of alligators and turtles:

Lake

Lake

Lake

Lake

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Boardwalk

Snakes:

Snakes

Lizard:

Lizard

Boardwalk

Self-guided tour marker:

Marker

Caterpillars:

Caterpillars

Boardwalk

Millipede:

Centipede

Boardwalk