South Carolina River Runner's Handbook

Riverside parks, boat ramps, and access points

Looking for a place to launch your boat? Planning a canoe trip? Or do you just like to watch the water splashing downstream?

This list shows many of the parks, boat ramps, and access points along South Carolina’s major rivers and canals. Many of them are good places for launching boats, canoes, rafts, and inner tubes into the rivers. Under the headings for each river, the parks are listed in order from upstream to downstream.

• Ashepoo River
  1. Frank E. Baldwin, Jr. Bridge Landing
     • Boat ramp
• Ashley River
  1. Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site
  2. Herbert H. Jessen Public Boat Landing
     • Fishing
     • Boat ramp
  3. Middleton Place
  4. Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
  5. County Farm Landing
     • Boat ramp
  6. Brittle Bank Park
  7. White Point Gardens and the Battery
• Beaufort River
  1. Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park
     • Boat ramp
• Broad River
  1. Lockhart Canal
  2. Broad River Canoe Access @ SC #213
  3. Harbison State Forest
  4. Columbia Canal and Riverfront Park
     • Riverside hiking / bicycling path
• Catawba River
  1. Fort Mill Access Area
     • Boat ramp
  2. Catawba Cultural Center
     • Riverside hiking trail
     • Public restrooms available
  3. Landsford Canal State Park
     • Nice riverside hiking trail
     • Public restrooms available
  4. Highway 9 Landing
     • Boat ramp
• Combahee River
  1. Combahee Landing
     • Boat ramp
• Congaree River
  1. Columbia Canal and Riverfront Park
     • Riverside hiking / bicycling path
     • Palmetto Trail access
  2. West Columbia Riverwalk
     • Riverside hiking / bicycling path
  3. Cayce Riverwalk
     • Riverside hiking / bicycling path
  4. Granby Park
     • Riverside hiking / bicycling path
  5. Barney Jordan Landing
     • Boat ramp
  6. Bates Bridge Landing
     • Boat ramp
  7. Congaree National Park
  8. Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
• Cooper River
  1. Old Santee Canal Park
  2. North Charleston Riverfront Park
  3. Remleys Point Public Boat Landing
     • Boat ramp
  4. Waterfront Park
  5. Patriots Point
  6. White Point Gardens and the Battery
• Coosawhatchee River
  1. Dawson Landing
     • Boat ramp
• Diversion Canal
  1. Diversion Canal and Santee Cooper Aquaculture Center
     • Palmetto Trail access
• Edisto River
  1. Colleton State Park
     • Fishing
  2. Givhans Ferry State Park
     • Fishing
  3. Long Creek Landing
     • Boat ramp
  4. Grove Plantation
• Elliot Cut
  1. Riverland Terrace Public Boat Landing
     • Boat ramp
     • Fishing
• Enoree River
  1. Musgrove Mill State Historic Site
• Folly River
  1. Folly Beach County Park
• Great Pee Dee River
  1. Winyah Bay Fishing and Observation Pier
     • Fishing
  2. Hobcaw Point Observation and Fishing Pier
     • Fishing
• Intracoastal Waterway
  1. Buck Hall Recreation Area
     • Boat ramp
     • Palmetto Trail access
  2. Pickett Bridge Recreation Area
     • Fishing
  3. Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park
     • Boat ramp
• Kiawah River
  1. Beachwalker County Park
• Kingstree Swamp Canal
  1. Mill Street Landing
     • Boat ramp
• Little Pee Dee River
  1. Floydale Bridge Landing
     • Boat ramp
  2. Little Pee Dee State Park and Little Pee Dee Bay Heritage Preserve
  3. Little Pee Dee River Heritage Preserve
  4. Galivants Ferry Landing
     • Boat ramp
• Lynches River
  1. Lee State Natural Area
  2. Lynches River County Park
     • Canoe launch bay
• MacKay's Creek
  1. Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge
     • Boat ramp
• North Fork Edisto River
  1. Carson Park
  2. Slab Landing
     • Boat ramp
  3. Baughman's Landing
     • Boat ramp
  4. Edisto Memorial Gardens and surrounding parks
     • Boat ramp
     • Dock
  5. Livingston Landing
     • Boat ramp
  6. Rowe's Bridge Landing
     • Boat ramp
• North Santee River
  1. Santee Delta Wildlife Management Area
  2. Pole Yard Public Boat Landing
• Pacolet River
  1. Pacolet River Heritage Preserve
• Re-diversion Canal
  1. Re-diversion Canal
• Reedy River
  1. Linky Stone Park
  2. Falls Park
  3. Cleveland Park
• Saluda River
  1. Hope Ferry Road Landing
     • Boat ramp
  2. Saluda Shoals Park
     • Boat ramp
     • Canoe launching bay
  3. Riverbanks Picnic Area
     • Good launch spot for canoes and rafts
• Sampit River
  1. Georgetown Harborwalk
  2. East Bay Park
  3. East Bay Street Landing
     • Boat ramp
  4. Morgan Park
• Santee River
  1. Santee River access at US #52
     • Boat ramp
• Savannah River
  1. Below Dam Site
     • Public restrooms available
  2. Savannah Bluffs Heritage Preserve
  3. Riverview Park
     • Boat ramp
  4. Tillman Sand Ridge Heritage Preserve
     • Boat ramp
  5. Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
• South Fork Edisto River
  1. Aiken State Natural Area
  2. South Edisto River access at SC #39
     • Boat Ramp
• South Santee River
  1. Hampton Plantation State Historic Site
• Stono River
  1. James Island County Park
     • Fishing
  2. Battery Island Landing
     • Boat ramp
• Tail Race Canal
  1. William H. Dennis Landing
     • Boat ramp
• Waccamaw River
  1. Brookgreen Gardens
• Wando River
  1. Remleys Point Public Boat Landing
     • Boat ramp
• Wateree River
  1. Lugoff Access Area
     • Boat ramp
  2. Public Boat Ramp of Lugoff
     • Boat ramp
  3. Tolar Boat Landing
     • Boat ramp

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