Edisto Beach State Park

This place is a gem away from all the bustle of Charleston. It is a scenic drive to get out to the coast with the Live Oaks and Spanish Moss juxtaposed with the bridges that give you great views over the intracoastal waters.

There is a small grocery right across from the beach campground of the state park, and a small bar and grill with a short pier that was a nice way to spend an afternoon looking over the ocean. Various spots can accommodate most sizes of RV, but check before you reserve. Tent camping is allowed too!

We stayed in site 5 which is just steps from the beach. This let us have perfect sunrise mornings on the beach with campfire evenings to keep us warm.

Just water and electric at the site! The dump station is close by and you can stop there on your way out. The rig in front of us did scrape a bit when they pulled in to dump so watch your clearance. The wi-fi was better than expected but still splotchy. The bathrooms are perfectly fine, but not spotless.

We drove a little down the road to Flowers Seafood to cook up some delicious fresh local shrimp for dinner!

I cannot wait to return to this beach. So relaxing and very, very charming.

Really loved staying here for the location, beautiful beach access, etc that everyone else mentions. That said, I have to mention that I was pretty disappointed by the restrooms and showers. The shower heads are pieces of junk and the plumbing is set to point the shower head at the wall and you can’t change it. Really needs fixed. The floors were always wet and while there is a big fan to move the air and dry the place out there was no power to it. But it WAS clean. Just a heads up, and hopefully they’ll read this.

Great early spring camping location. Was a little windy and cool. We stayed 2 nights on lot 61, one night on 27. Bath houses were nice, clean and well stocked. Lot 61 was in a shaded area, lots of trees in that section. 27 was on the north end, no trees, neighbors seemed closer. Prefer the area that 61 is in. Both spots were an easy walk to beach. Beach sounds were always present, birds and waves. Nice place, would definitely come again. Water not as bad as some make it out, just a little salty.

Spent MLK weekend in site 122 in the Live Oak campground. We wanted a spot more sheltered than the beach, so we camped on the marsh.

Well maintained campground with decent sized spaces. Power was convenient, but I'm glad we brought the long water hose.

Raccoons are around even in winter. Never actually saw them, but they conducted a daring raid while we were only away for a short time.

Campground has a single bathhouse near the entrance. While it was reasonably clean, it would have benefited from more than a once-daily cleaning. I'd be worried about what it would be like at the height of the season.

Beach is nearby, but too far to walk. Groceries are close by. A few decent places to eat are on the island.

Winter camping was great. I suspect it's a lot like Myrtle Beach SP during the summer (crowded and noisy), though.

We stayed here in December for Christmas. We stayed in site 13. It was wonderful. We were right in the beach but hidden behind a sand dune. The park was clean. Our spot was shaded but not all are. The beach is great. Lots of shells and very dog friendly. There are two bath houses. They were clean and taken care of. I gave 4 stars because the water in the showers was very hard to adjust. maybe that will be fixed soon. There were also a lot of flooded sites. Luckily ours wasn’t. They were mostly the middle sites. Edisto is a cute little town with several eating places. We traveled into Charleston. It takes about an hour. We really enjoyed our stay and hope to come back soon!

We loved this campground. We stayed at the Beach Campground. From our site we could walk out the door and be on the beach in less than a minute. There are two partner but separate campgrounds. It was a bit confusing because when you arrive you go to the Live Oaks Campground first to check in and then continue on to the Beach Campground. As others have said, bring drinking water. We usually do anyway, so no big deal. The bathrooms were warm, clean and the water in the showers was nice and hot. There are no full hook up sites and the dump station is down the road just past the Live Oaks Campground. There is a small but adequate Bi-Lo grocery store just across from the entrance to the Beach Campground. There are a couple convenience stores, a general store and gift stores on Edisto Island. For laundry, we had to go 45 min inland to Charleston, SC. The weather during our stay was lousy, cold, windy, and pouring rain. We had one nice day, but still loved the place.

We stayed at Edisto Beach State Park for 4 nights. We absolutely loved it, I'm rating it a 5 star. For what it is, and what you should expect in my opinion, it's beautiful and perfect. This is a state park set right on a beautiful beach, in a low populated area that has a slow pace way of life, on an island full of nature to explore, with nice little restaurants, gas grocery store walking distance. To me beach camping this good at 60$ a night is a great value.

What it's not however, is a place with top notch amenities. The tap water is salty. None of the sites have sewer hookup and the dump station is actually almost a mile away on the side of the main road. There's no convenience store (they're setting up a giftshop/store in the white building by the beach, but it was not yet opened when we were there - a sign said "coming soon"). It's a state park, so there's no pool.. there's no play area for kids.. There's no organized activities... We did not care however, we brought our 2 year old toddler and she loved playing in the sand the entire time.

I also really enjoyed the atmosphere of Edisto island itself. Nice people, small town style culture. We explored Botany bay which was a great little afternoon outing.

A great hidden gem in my opinion.