Givhans Ferry State Park

Within An Hours Ride To Plantations And A Local Zoo”BeeCity”. Approximately Hr And A Half From Historic Downtown Charleston. Plenty To See And Do There. Charleston Is A Foodie’s Paradise. In the summer the Edisto River is a popular tubeing location. You’re not but about an hr and forty five minutes from the beaches. The park is clean and well maintained, staff are friendly and helpful. The biggest drawback is limited Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity. The cellular service is spotty. Meaning one minute you have one bar and the next none. Wi-Fi is only available near the office/store. Love the full hookup.

We stayed here because we wanted to go into Charleston. There isn’t anything special about this campground. We have a 36ft fifth wheel pulled by an F350 and second car that we travel with. We had no trouble getting to the campground or checking in and getting to our site. There is a turn in the campground that could be tight for longer rigs. We didn’t have trouble but could see it potentially being an issue for 40+ footers. Lots and lots of leaves to clean off the RV even in the winter. Our stay was great; we felt completely safe. Just nothing fancy if you’re looking for a place with amenities. Something to note: we had very little cell service. We didn’t try our Starlink but would have if we needed to get a lot of work done. With all the trees, not sure how well that would have worked either.

We decided to stay for a weekend and loved the park. It was quiet and everyone was respectful. I will say my wife and I both have Verizon service and couldn’t get any data while staying here. Didn’t hurt our feelings but the kids weren’t happy they couldn’t stream TV on the mornings. Park is laid out very nicely and the staff was wonderful.

The good:
Not too far from Charleston and Plantations
CCC were involved
Walk to the Edisto River
A little hike on site

The bad:
Loud even on a Thursday both traffic and people at the playground and dogs barking and angry folks.

A man doing laundry in the shower in the only bathhouse.

The rates changed from $30 Th, $42 Fri and $45 Sat

The park staff were friendly and helpful but the park itself is too far from 95 and Charleston to be useful as a point to launch from or layover and there’s really nothing to do at the park for RV campers. One 1.5 mile trail loop, a river, The sites are way too close for enjoyment. I booked 2 nights but left after 1. A couple 2 sites over from me were loud, playing music, talking on speaker phone. Cell phone service is weak (Verizon) so bring a good book if you decide to stay. Also, no dumpsters that I could find.

Beautiful place nestled in the woods. The sites are level, packed sand, and appeared well cared for. Very clean! The sites are a bit close. It rained all three days, so we couldn’t do much!
Nice river walk. No cell reception! Spotty WiFi near the dock. Trash bins very far away from the campground.
This is an older campground, but would be a nice place to stay, and visit Charleston! 50min away.

We chose this park primarily for its proximity to Charleston. Drive into the historic part of the city was about an hour, and if you’re doing plantation tours along Ashley River Rd only 30 minutes. The park was nice and quiet. Recently updated to all full service sites. Sites were level, shaded, and there was a bit of screening between them. Park is small, only 25 or so sites. Camp hosts were friendly and greeted us upon arrival. There are actually two sets of camp hosts, so not sure why such a small park needed two. Cell service was almost nil. We could make calls and if the wind was blowing right an occasional text would get through. The park is very remote, and when we HAD to use the internet, it was a good 10-15 minute drive out of the park to find decent service. The trash situation needs addressed, though. The only receptacles are near the park entrance, down a little access road. Easy enough to drop off each morning as you’re heading out of the park, but you would have to make a drive down there to take them if you aren’t leaving the park. Plus, as you’re hooked up and leaving the park, no way to take the RV down the access road to dump them. So someone has to walk them down there while the RV is up on the main road blocking the park exit. Seems like an easy enough fix to add a dumpster near the campground, so not sure why this was the way it was. All in all, it’s a great value if you’re interested in visiting Charleston via RV.

Nice quiet campground about 45 minutes from historical Charleston. The park was very empty when we visited in June. The spots were gravel and very rocky with some large rocks. Decent space between sites and some bushes and tress to give a little privacy. Another plus was full hook ups. Not a norm for state parks! Was able to enjoy the outdoors and take walks daily. There's a trail too, but watch out for mosquitos! The two drawbacks were 1. The only place to drop your trash was at the entrance and it was the opposite end as the campground area and 2. With a booster was only able to hold a 1 bar signal and that was not consistent. If you want remote and no access to phone, then this may be the place for you!

We needed a place to stay and get away before we took on the city and we found some Open spots here. Over all it’s a good camp site but a little expensive for what we got.
Pros: it’s small and not crowded (February time) the park itself is nice and has a small playground for kids. Didn’t do the hiking trails but biked around. New picnic tables.

Cons: only two sites were full hook up. Sites were not really level. Had to double up on blocks. Sand probably washed away. Flooded areas around the camp site when it rains. Trash dumpster was reallly far away. Park is somewhat small and not much to explore. Very poor cell
Service. One bar sometimes.

One thing to note is they will
Close down for upgrades next year (2021) so all those cons might go away.
Cell will probably still be bad but it’s ok if you want to get away and have quiet time.

Over all it’s a good park but not as much to do as I hoped. Wouldn’t mind visiting again after they remodel.