Sesquicentennial State Park

Sesqui-Centennial State Park

Nearest city	Columbia, SC
Coordinates	34°05′17″N 80°54′15″W / 34.0880458°N 80.9041817°W / 34.0880458; -80.9041817Coordinates: 34°05′17″N 80°54′15″W / 34.0880458°N 80.9041817°W / 34.0880458; -80.9041817
Area	1,419 acres (5.74 km²)
Created	1937
Camp sites	Regular campgrounds and RV sites are available
Other information	Features include: an amphitheater, bicycling trails, baseball fields, basketball courts, fishing, meeting facilities, ropes course, and boat rentals.

Sesquicentennial State Park is a state park in the Sandhills region of South Carolina. Located in the suburbs of the state capital, Columbia, Sesquicentennial State Park's 1,419 acres (5.74 km²) include a 30-acre (120,000 m²) lake. Sesquicentennial State Park also includes many hiking trails, meeting facilities, a dorm, a ropes course, and a dog park.^[1]

History

The park was donated in 1937 by the Sesquicentennial Commission. Many of the buildings in Sesquicentennial State Park, as well as the stone entrance to the park, were built by members of the Civilian Conservation Corps.^[1]

References

1 2 Sesquicentennial State Park, About This Park, South Carolina State Parks

External links

State Parks of South Carolina

Upstate	Caesars Head Croft Devils Fork Jones Gap Keowee-Toxaway Kings Mountain Lake Hartwell Musgrove Mill Oconee Oconee Station Paris Mountain Rose Hill Plantation Sadlers Creek Table Rock

Midlands	Aiken Andrew Jackson Baker Creek Barnwell Calhoun Falls Cheraw Chester Dreher Island Goodale H. Cooper Black Jr. Hamilton Branch Hickory Knob Lake Greenwood Lake Wateree Landsford Canal Lee Poinsett Redcliffe Plantation Rivers Bridge Santee Sesquicentennial

Coastal	Charles Towne Landing Colleton Colonial Dorchester Edisto Beach Givhans Ferry Hampton Plantation Huntington Beach Hunting Island Lake Warren Little Pee Dee Myrtle Beach Woods Bay

Protected areas of South Carolina

Federal

National Parks	Congaree

National Historic Sites and Monuments	Charles Pinckney NHS Fort Sumter NM Ninety Six NHS

National Military Parks and Battlefields	Cowpens NB Kings Mountain NMP

National Historic Trail	Overmountain Victory

National Forests	Francis Marion Sumter

National Wildlife Refuges	Cape Romain Carolina Sandhills Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin Pinckney Island Santee Savannah Tybee Waccamaw

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Ashepoo Combahee Edisto Basin North Inlet-Winyah Bay

Wilderness Areas	Cape Romain Congaree Ellicott Rock Hell Hole Bay Little Wambaw Swamp Wambaw Creek Wambaw Swamp

Wild and Scenic River	Chattooga River

State

State Parks	Andrew Jackson Baker Creek Barnwell Caesars Head Cheraw Chester Colleton Devils Fork Edisto Beach Givhans Ferry Goodale Hickory Knob Hunting Island Huntington Beach Jones Gap Kings Mountain Lake Warren Landsford Canal Lee Little Pee Dee Myrtle Beach Oconee Paris Mountain Poinsett Santee Sesquicentennial Table Rock

State Historic Sites	Charles Towne Landing Colonial Dorchester Hampton Plantation Musgrove Mill Oconee Station Redcliffe Plantation Rivers Bridge Rose Hill Plantation

State Recreation Areas	Calhoun Falls Dreher Island Hamilton Branch Lake Greenwood Lake Hartwell Lake Wateree Sadlers Creek

State Natural Areas	Aiken Croft Keowee-Toxaway Lee

State Forests	Harbison Manchester Poe Creek Sand Hills Wee Tee

Wildlife Management Areas	Bear Island Belfast Bonneau Ferry Campbell's Crossroads Crackerneck Donnelley Draper Edisto River Fant's Grove Gray Court Hickory Top James Ross Jim Timmerman Keowee Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve Mason McBee McConnells Tract Palachucola Pee Dee Samworth Santee-Delta Thurmond Turkey Creek Turtle Island Webb Woodbury Worth Mountain

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