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Hunting Island State Park

Hunting Island State Park is just south of Harbor Island and north of Fripp Island directly on the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 16 miles east of downtown Beaufort and is one of the most popular and beautiful parks in South Carolina. There are not many State parks the size of Hunting Island. This park includes 5,000 acres and it's 3 miles of natural beach is a destination for more than a million visitors a year.

Hunting Island first got its name when the island was used by the Beaufort locals for hunting game such as deer, waterfowl and raccoon. Usually the trips out to the island would last more than a week and back then it meant rowing to the isl...