Hunting Island State Park
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The semi-tropical barrier island is also visited by an array of wildlife, ranging from loggerhead sea turtles to painted buntings, barracudas to sea horses, alligators, pelicans, dolphins and deer, raccoons, Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes and even the rare coral snake. Hunting Island features five miles of beach, thousands of acres of marsh, tidal creeks and maritime forest, a saltwater lagoon and ocean inlet. A fishing pier and highly desirable campsites and cabins complete the picture on this picture-perfect paradise. For more information, visit www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/1019.aspx.
Beaufort, SC Hotel Near Hunting Island State Park. Indulge in contemporary, comfortable lodging at the Comfort Suites Beaufort, an all-suites hotel near historic downtown Beaufort, South Carolina. Enjoy amenity-rich accommodations, friendly, personal service and a complimentary hot Savory Starts™ breakfast each and every morning. What’s more, our convenient location means less time spent traveling to some of South Carolina’s most desirable attractions, such as Hunting Island State Park. [Top]
Hunting Island Additional Natural Features. In addition to some 3,000 acres of salt marsh and five miles of beach, a large lagoon, created by sand dredging in 1968, has become a natural wonderland where such unexpected species as seahorses and barracuda frolic. The park’s upland areas contain one of the state’s best examples of semi-tropical maritime forest, ancient sand dunes now dominated by such vegetation as slash pines, cabbage palmetto-the state tree-and live oak. Hundreds of species of birds claim Hunting Island as their home-both permanent residents and transients-including painted buntings, tanagers and orioles, along with pelicans, oystercatchers, skimmers and terns, herons, egrets and wood storks. [Top]Hunting Island Historic Lighthouse. Adding to the natural history of the expansive park is a piece of man-made history: South Carolina’s only publicly accessible historic lighthouse. Dating from the 1870s, the Hunting Island Lighthouse rises 170 feet into the air, giving those who scale its heights a breathtaking view of the sweeping Lowcountry marshland along with the Atlantic Ocean. [Top]
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