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South Carolina National Parks
National parks, monuments, natural reserves, historic sites of South Carolina. Pages with photos are indicated with (pictures).

Charles Pinckney
Mt. Pleasant
Congaree Swamp
Hopkins
Cowpens (pictures)
Chesnee
Fort Moultrie
Sullivan's Island
Fort Sumter
Charleston Harbor
Kings Mountain National Military (pictures)
Blacksburg
Ninety Six
Ninety Six
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Blacksburg

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Congaree Swamp National Monument

Hopkins, SC

IN BRIEF The monument rests on a floodplain of the Congaree River and is not a true swamp. This remnant preserves, in a wilderness state, the largest intact tract of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest in the United States. The monument was authorized as a unit of the National Park Service on October 18, 1976. Three features give national significance: some of the tallest trees in the East with one of the highest canopies in the world, broad biodiversity, and old-growth forest. The monument is recognized as an International Biosphere Reserve, National Natural Landmark, Wilderness Area, and "Globally Important Bird Area."

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