See also: List of nature centers in the United States. This is a list of nature centres and environmental education centres in the state of South Carolina.
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Name | Location | County | Region | Summary |
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Blue Heron Nature Center | Facebook site, 10 acres | |||
66,287 acres, Sewee Visitor and Environmental Education Center features displays about the various ecosystems, wildlife and heritage of the Lowcountry | ||||
Caw Caw Interpretive Center | Charleston | Charleston Metro | website, operated by the County, over 6 miles of trails, former rice plantation wetlands | |
Lowcountry | website, 68 acres, art exhibits, guided nature and history walks and talks | |||
Colleton State Park | St. George | Colleton | Lowcountry | website interpretive nature hike, fishing, swimming, birding |
Lowcountry | 1,255 acres, features the ACE Basin Interpretative Center | |||
Charleston Metro | National Audubon Society wildlife sanctuary in Four Holes Swamp with an environmental education center, over 16,000 acres | |||
2,177 acres, features the Harbison Environmental Education Center, programs, education trails | ||||
Upstate | website Botanical garden and woodland preserve over 11 acres, open 365 days a year and run entirely by volunteers. Garden rooms and water features as well as educational trails and a running plant sale | |||
Heron Park Nature Center | Charleston | Charleston Metro | website, part of Kiawah Island Golf Resort, located in 21-acre Night Heron Park | |
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History | website, 11 acres, open by appointment for guided field trips only, bird banding and research center | |||
17,500 acres, access by guided tours, exhibits on pine and cypress ecosystem and the history of the 17,500 acre property | ||||
Lowcountry | 5,000-acre barrier island, features nature center, lighthouse, 4 miles of beach | |||
Pee Dee | 2,500 acres, includes nature centers, Atalaya Castle historic house | |||
About 400 acres, managed through a partnership between the Conestee Foundation and the Greenville County Recreation District | ||||
Pee Dee | 2,839 acres, Lee Environmental Education Center features a wetland ecology lab and exhibits about the habitats and wildlife of the park | |||
Lynches River County Park | Pee Dee | website, 676 acres, operated by the County, features Environmental Discovery Center | ||
Charleston | Charleston | Charleston Metro | 70 acres, includes historic plantation house and outbuildings museum, gardens, zoo, nature center and a maze | |
Mobley Nature Center | Lowcountry | website, part of the Spring Island 3,000-acre nature preserve and residential community, center includes a library, museum, zoo and a classroom | ||
Pee Dee | 312 acres | |||
Ocean Lakes Nature Center | Pee Dee | website, part of the Ocean Lakes Family Campground, focus on shells, fossils, sea life, wildlife and ecology of coastal South Carolina | ||
Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuary | website, 3,154 acres, operated by the National Audubon Society | |||
Upcountry | 295 acres, includes gardens, 70 acre arboretum, Hanson Nature Learning Center, Bob Campbell Geology Museum and art exhibits | |||
Upcountry | 3,083 acres | |||
Tiedemann Park Nature Center | Charleston | Charleston | Charleston Metro | website, operated by the City, focus on Low Country habitats, environments and wildlife |
Pee Dee | 22,931 acres in 3 counties, visitor center and environmental education center in Georgetown | |||
Walterboro Wildlife Sanctuary | Lowcountry | website, 842-acre estuary preserve, planned Discovery Center, operated by the City | ||
Webb Wildlife Center | Lowcountry | website, 5,866 acres, state-operated wildlife management area | ||
Wild Turkey Center and Winchester Museum | website, operated by the National Wild Turkey Federation, museum dedicated to wild turkey restoration, management and hunting, and 100 acre outdoor education center | |||