Poinsett State Park

Incredibly beautiful and historic park! My daughter and I had such a good time. We hiked a beautiful loop, enjoyed the playground, and read all about the parks history. Will absolutely be coming back and plan to camp here for sure! Definitely recommend if you want some fun hikes.

Poinsett State Park in Wedgefield, SC (midlands of SC, about 82 miles and 1.5 hours from Charleston/where we live) We did the Coquina trail (1.4 miles) and saw some of the other trails spots, shelters or lookouts. Old mill ruins on site, will have to zoom in for some of the photos. Has a small shop on site, ranger on duty was super nice and answered all our questions. Don't forget to get your Ultimate Outsider stamp for your SC State Parks Passport book (a stamp inside the shop and the large sign by parking lot before heading toward the shop/bathrooms). Pet friendly park (saw lots of dog friends), fair bit of hikers seemed to be outn(warmer today than entire weekend, so not surprised).

This was a nice place to go for a hike with friends and a dog.People that are there seem to be extremely friendly. It's a clean park with a lot of different trails. It also has a playground, kayaking and boating. You're also allowed to fish there. I would recommend this. This park also offers a lot of benches to sit down in rest while Hiking. Please for a day trip with the family or friends.

The lake was pretty. There is a short hike, but a little challenging up hill around the lake. Found some old and interesting rest areas up the hill. The spillway wasn't spilling. Lol. Still a pretty cool place.

A pretty park. I'd like to give them 5 stars. Unfortunately, I cannot because they discriminate against Not SC seniors. They charge them twice as much as they charge the SC seniors. That's strange and unfair. But the park is pretty. See my pictures.