Edisto Beach State Park

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.

A good 20mile drive off local route to get to Edisto Beach State Park. Directional signage could be better once in park. PAY attention to the web sites details for each campsite, some a much larger than others. Water, elec hook up. Site 116 backup up snugly and surprisingly level (be comfortable manuevering into some sites off the slightly narrow at spaces road into site) into a beautiful site under palmettos, and oaks with drippy moss overlooking the swamp. Pleasantly surprised at minimal if any bugs or "stink" as anticipated during low tide. Nice hard dirt packed trails, easy, and not long at all, for biking or hiking. half mile to beach where there are more campsites.
Bathhouse was ok, not impressed with cleanliness or privacy(shower curtain that's all).
Overall, beautiful campsite in the ACE basin, nice dark quiet campground to enjoy nature in it's fullest if that is your thing for camping. Feel it is overpriced for not full hook up at a state park. No discounts unless SC resident.

This is a worthy stop or stay for just about anyone. We loved the beach, the staff, the fact that our dog could run on the beach, so close the beach.
Bring your own drinking water because theirs is quite salty which is the only reason I gave them only 4 stars.
We were there on our way down to Florida and stayed there on the way back.
In hindsight, we should have skipped Florida and relaxed more here.

We planned to stay here over New Years Eve hoping for some sunshine and respite from Ohio and the holidays. It was very dence fog two out of our four days which was a bummer but the beach, the campground and location were all great. Forewarning, the drive in is a little daunting. Many of the “homes” are littered with trash piles and look less than savory, it was a little off-putting. Once on Edisto Island the low key “resort” vibe kicks in. In general there isn’t much to do besides walk the beach for shells, ride the bike trail or hit up the handful of ok shops and restaurants. We had breakfast one morning at SeaCow, it was pretty good!
Our campsite was in the beach campground (not the wooded campground) it was level enough for our rig, backed up to the salt marsh and wa surrounded by palm and other vegetation which made it very private. We also didn’t have any immediate neighbors. Mostly retired couples or families, lots of pups! Water was super salty but fine, electric fine. Didn’t use the facilities at all and rarely saw any staff besides the gate attendant who was nice! We were about 50ft from the beach in site 52 (one of the best site in our opinion) Shell hunting and beach sitting at its finest! We’d stay again if it were along our route but not for 4 days and not as a destination in itself

There are two different campgrounds that are part of Edisto State Park - Live Oak and Beach. We like them both! The Live Oak Campground is a short drive away from the beach. However, it is on the marsh with incredible views and live oaks. There are also biking/hiking trails to explore.

The Beach Campground will forever spoil your beach camping. There is a marsh on the back side of the campground and the beach on the front side. It's amazing to be sitting outside of the RV listening tot he waves. The bath houses are always clean, but they are a little dated.

There is a grocery store directly across from the Beach Campground and a few good restaurants and bars to explore nearby. Botany Bay is a super cool spot to check out as well!

One tip - the water is very very salty. Come prepared with water in your tank or bottled water. Also, don't let any of the Edisto water get into your holding tank if you can help it - we did and it took a little bit to flush it out!

We have stayed in several sites:

Live Oak:

111 - shady spot not too far from the bath house which was nice. The spots across from this site have a better view of the marsh, but you can still see it through their camp sites. This site is kinda on a corner so it is a little busier.

119 - a nice shady spot that is more private than 111. A little further walk to the bath house, but still not bad. The sites across from these (116-122) have a little better view

Beach:

47 - this spot doesn't have much shade, but you can catch a glimpse of the ocean from inside your RV! How awesome is that?? Really close the bath house as well as the beach access. Great spot!

46 - this site is right across from the other site we were in. We were excited to be able to book this one! Still close to the beach access and the bath house, but it backs up to the marsh for awesome sunset views!

23 - not much shade in this part of the campground, but it seems to often have a better breeze! You can see the sand dunes from here as well. A little further walk to the beach access and bath house, but still awesome. You can't go wrong here!

33 - kinda the same as above. A little further to the bath house and beach access than 46/47 but still closer than 23. Not as much privacy in this part of the campground (the inner circle), but you are able to sit outside the RV and listen to waves. Seriously can't go wrong here!

The park is divided into 2 separate parks with 2 separate entrances about a 3/4 mile apart. Only 1 is ocean front which is where we stayed. Very laid back beach. This is the way the beach is meant to be. If you like all the commercial atmosphere like Myrtle Beach this is not for you, but if you like to just relax listen to the waves and pick up shells this is your spot. Very family friendly area. The only reason I can’t give this park 4 stars is because there is no dump station in the park. You have to leave the park and get back on the main road and drive about 1/2 mile which is kind of bummer. But the bath houses are very clean which makes the situation a whole lot more bearable. I would stay here again and highly recommend.