Buck Hall Recreation Area in SC -- Campground & RV Camping in South Carolina
Buck Hall Recreation Area in SC
U.S. Forest Service allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Buck Hall Recreation Area sits at sea level on an open, grassy stretch along the Intracoastal Waterway in Francis Marion National Forest. It serves as a major hub for shrimp baiting, ocean sailing, and saltwater fishing for flounder, sea trout, and bass. Facilities include tent and RV campsites with water and electric hookups, lantern posts, picnic tables, and campfire rings. Ground amenities feature accessible flush toilets, hot showers, drinking water, fish cleaning stations, a lighted parking area, a public boat ramp, and direct access to the long-distance Palmetto Trail.
Road difficulty 1 of 5 -- an easy drive in. Recorded as maintained for passenger-car comfort, paved, pitching to 2%. Sits on broad, near-level ground.
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway runs 0.1 mi off. Exposed here -- the nearest through road is 0.7 miles off, a 19-site campground. Open country -- nothing named rises within 30 miles of here. Most sites here have an electric hookup -- most of them shaded. Night skies measure Bortle 3 -- a dark rural sky. The nearest town, Awendaw, is 7.4 mi off.
September normals 69–84°F, 6.7″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Set by U.S. Forest Service. Stage 1 and 2 orders change within days -- check the current order before you build a fire.
fs.usda.gov