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Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge


category : Wildlife Refuges
A stretch of barrier islands and salt marshes that make up one of the nation's most outstanding wildlife refuges. The 60,000-acre refuge is a true wilderness experience. A boat leaves several times a week from Garris Landing for a day-trip to Bulls Island. The Sewee Visitor Environmental Education Center at 5821 Hwy 17 N in Awendaw is operated jointly by Cape Romain and the Francis Marion National Forest. The center includes exhibits about the forest and refuge, a film, live red wolves and interpretive trails.


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See Wee Restaurant

Looks like an old store because it was one. Don'

Awendaw, SC Businesses

Nature Adventures Outfitters

This tour outfitter takes guests through blackwater swamps with 1,000-year old cypress trees, into salt marshes, and to 4,000-year-old Indian shell mounds, rice plantations and barrier islands. See dolphins, alligators, river otter, loggerhead sea turtles, endangered birds and wildlife!

Awendaw, SC Businesses

Palmetto Swamp Fox Adventure Race

This race covers approximately 60 miles within the Francis Marion Forest with estimated finishing times between 10 and 12

Awendaw, SC Other Attractions

International Center for Birds of Prey

This facility is dedicated to the study and welfare of birds and their habitats,. The 152

Awendaw, SC Other Attractions

Cape Romain Lighthouses

The 65-ft. red brick tower (c. 1827) is the oldest of its kind still standing in the US. It was replaced in 1857 by a 150-ft.-octagonal-shaped tower. The lantern room and lens, destroyed by Confederate troops in 1861, were replaced and remained in service until 1947

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Things to do Wildlife Refuges near Awendaw, SC

Bull Island Ferry-Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge

Depart from Garris Landing, Awendaw, SC, for a leisurely 30-minute ferry ride through rich salt marsh creeks, home to dolphin...

Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge

The 350,000-acre ACE Basin Project is one of the largest undeveloped estuaries on the East Coast, named for the Ashepoo, Com...

Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge

A stretch of barrier islands and salt marshes that make up one of the nation's most outstanding wildlife refuges. The 60,000-...