Givhans Ferry State Park

Givhans Ferry State Park in South Carolina, near Ridgeville on the Edisto River, takes its name from Phillip Givhan, whose ferry once served the Augusta-to-Charleston route. The city of Charleston donated the land in 1934, and the park became one of South Carolina’s original Civilian Conservation Corps developments. That New Deal legacy endures in its historic furnished CCC cabins, still used for lodging. The park is also notable for copper marl limestone bluffs along the Edisto, formed from prehistoric ocean deposits and protected as a Heritage Trust Site. Today it combines geological importance with river access, overnight stays, and a range of outdoor recreation.

South Carolina · United States