PARK ADVISORY
The office at Woods Bay is closed due to construction. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Woods Bay
HOURS
9 a.m. - 6 p.m., daily
OFFICE
11 a.m. - noon, daily
ADMISSION
Free admission
PETS
Pets are allowed in most outdoor areas provided they are kept under physical restraint or on a leash not longer than six feet. Owners will be asked to remove noisy or dangerous pets or pets that threaten or harass wildlife.
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GET SOME GEAR!
Woods Bay State Park
Midlands
**Our Ultimate Outsider stamp is located in a box beside the kiosk in front of the picnic shelter.
Woods Bay State Park offers a close-up look at one of the last remaining large Carolina Bays on the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain. The 1,590-acre park, located in the coastal plains region, features a wide range of habitats including marsh, sandhills, oak-hickory forest and shrub bog.
The habitats of Woods Bay can be explored by taking the nature trail encircling the mill pond or by walking the length of the 1,150 foot boardwalk, which provides views of alligators in the cypress tupelo swamp. The best way to see the park is by following a canoe trail which takes paddlers past the Carolina Bays, elliptical depressions which appear swampy but remain dry.
BY THE NUMBERS
1
Carolina bay, an elliptical depression of unknown origin
1
mile kayak trail which takes paddlers past the Carolina bays
1150
foot boardwalk through a cypress-tupelo swamp
1
picnic shelter that accommodates up to 50 people, that is available for rent
114
bird species that have been seen and reported within the boundaries of the park
0.75
mile loop trail, the Mill Pond Nature Trail
1590
acres of parkland in the coastal plains region of South Carolina
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