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Hunting Island State Park, Beaufort, SC

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Hunting Island State Park

Climb the historic lighthouse, walk five miles of beach and hike maritime forest on a wild Lowcountry barrier island.

2555 Sea Island Parkway · Beaufort, SC

About Hunting Island State Park

Hunting Island is a semitropical barrier island east of Beaufort, kept largely undeveloped as a state park since 1935. You can climb 167 steps to the top of its lighthouse, the only publicly accessible lighthouse in South Carolina, built with cast-iron sections so it could be moved. Below, five miles of beach, a fishing pier, a nature center, marsh trails and a saltwater lagoon fill out the day.

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