South Carolina Wildernesses

Congaree National Park Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 6
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=134
Wilderness | Congaree National Park Wilderness
State | SC
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 3/30/2019
WID | 134
Abbreviated Name | Congaree
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/congareeNationalPark.jpg
Acreage | 21700
Description | The Congaree National Park Wilderness, which makes up the majority of Congaree National Park, protects an unsurpassed old-growth bottomland hardwood forest that escaped the saws and axes of the post-Civil...
Agency | NPS
joinerID | 134NPS
Designated | 1988
ORIG_FID | 14395

Cape Romain Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 125
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=96
Wilderness | Cape Romain Wilderness
State | SC
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 2/25/2019
WID | 96
Abbreviated Name | Cape_Romain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/CapeRomain.jpg
Acreage | 29000
Description | For 22 miles, the Cape Romain Wilderness stretches wild and free along the coastline of South Carolina, protecting sanctuaries of open water, sandy beaches, saltwater marshes, and tens of thousands of...
Agency | FWS
joinerID | 96FWS
Designated | 1975
ORIG_FID | 41371

Ellicott Rock Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 549
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=176
Wilderness | Ellicott Rock Wilderness
State | GA/NC/SC
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 12/27/2021
WID | 176
Abbreviated Name | Ellicott_Rock
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/EllicottRock.jpg
Acreage | 8300
Description | Ellicott Rock Wilderness sits at the southern tip of the romantically hazy Blue Ridge Mountains. Congress designated Ellicott Rock Wilderness in 1975, later expanding it in 1986. The wilderness uniquely...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 176FS
Designated | 1975
ORIG_FID | 44386

Hell Hole Bay Wilderness
Wilderness | Hell Hole Bay Wilderness
State | SC
Abbreviated Name | Hell_Hole_Bay
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/HellHoleBayjpg
Description | Swamps and wetlands--that's what you'll find on all four Wildernesses in the Francis Marion National Forest. From June through August (the wettest season) much of the ground is usually submerged in 2 to...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 237FS

Little Wambaw Swamp Wilderness
Wilderness | Little Wambaw Swamp Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Little_Wambaw_Swamp
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LittleWambaSwamp.jpg
Description | Another of the four Wildernesses within Francis Marion National Forest, Little Wambaw Swamp is a river-bottom land of hardwoods and sloughs. Bald cypress and tupelo grow impressively large, and about 60...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 327FS

Wambaw Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | Wambaw Creek Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Wambaw_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Description | Wilderness designation protects 11 miles of Wambaw Creek, another area in Francis Marion National Forest. Old dikes and canals bear evidence of attempts made by early European settlers to tame this region...

Wambaw Swamp Wilderness
Wilderness | Wambaw Swamp Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Wambaw_Swamp
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/WambawSwamp.jpg
Description | Wambaw Swamp offers no trails and little dry ground. Here, in another of the four Wildernesses in Francis Marion National Forest, you'll find river-bottom hardwood swamp edged with small stands of pine....