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South Carolina State Parks Celebrate 75 Years

The South Carolina State Parks system is celebrating their 75th. anniversary. Part of a nationwide movement, the Cheraw acreage was the first land secured for a state park in South Carolina. The first park to open its gates here was Myrtle Beach on July 1, 1936. Other parks followed in quick succession, built by the men of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and by 1937, the first year the parks kept records, 387,000 people visited South Carolina’s state parks.

The South Carolina State Park system has grown immensely since the beginning. Now, the system comprises over 90,000 acres and is visited by 7 million people annually.

“We have a unique state park system of unusual variety and inestimable value to the people of South Carolina and beyond,” said SCPRT Director Chad Prosser.

To learn more about several events planned to celebrate the anniversary in South Carolina, please see: South Carolina Parks.