Girl Scouts Love State Parks

September 13 and 14, 2025

Every year, Girl Scouts explore the natural wonders found across our country and celebrate our shared love for the outdoors during Girl Scouts Love State Parks weekend.

South Carolina State Parks have been involved in Girl Scouts Love State Parks weekend since its inaugural year in 2019. Several state parks have offered programming including service projects, historical programming, wilderness skills, hikes and so much more. Check out the 2025 programs being offered below!

MORE INFO COMING SOON! Participating parks this year are: Hunting Island State Park, Lee State Park, Sesquicentennial State Park, Oconee Station State Historic Site, Huntington Beach State Park, Battle of Musgrove Mill State Historic Site.

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📍 Oconee Station State Historic Site

📅 Date: Sept. 13, 2025 

⏳ Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Schedule of Events

10:00 AM – Welcome & Scavenger Hunt (45 min)

📍 Meeting Point: Rangers Office

  • Kick off the day with a scavenger hunt designed to introduce girls to the history and natural beauty of Oconee Station!
  • Girls will follow up by designing their own a custom-drawn map to search for natural and/or historical scavenger hunt of their own. (Challenge #2 - Draw a map for a scavenger hunt)

✅ Challenge Activity Completed: Scavenger Hunt Map (#2)

10:45 AM – Ranger Q&A & Living History Demonstration (30 min)

📍 Historic Buildings

  • Meet a Park Ranger and ask questions about their job, the history of Oconee Station, and how they help protect the park.
  • Watch or participate in a living history demonstration, such as practicing a simple militia drill or learning about life on the frontier. (Challenge #15 - Interview a Park Ranger)

✅ Challenge Activity Completed: Interview a Park Ranger (#15)

11:15 AM – Knot-Tying & Compass Skills (30 min)

📍 Picnic Tables at the Rangers Office

  • Learn to tie two different types of knots, such as a square knot and a bowline, useful for camping and outdoor adventures.
  • Learn how to read a compass and navigate to different parts of the site. (Challenge #6 - Practice tying knots & Challenge #37 - Read a compass)

✅ Challenge Activities Completed: Tie two different knots (#6), Read a compass (#37)

12:00 PM – Picnic Lunch & Cloud Art (45 min)

📍 Picnic Tables at the Rangers Office or any where on park

  • Enjoy a picnic lunch brought from home.
  • After eating, girls can draw the clouds they see in the sky. Materials will be available at the Rangers Office. (Challenge #4 - Paint, draw, or sculpt clouds)

✅ Challenge Activity Completed: Cloud Art (#4)

12:45 PM – Nature & Wildlife Exploration Walk & Leave No Trace  (1 hr.)

📍 Nature Trail- Pond Loop

  • Take a guided walk along the nature trail to look for four different living things (plants, animals, insects, or fungi) in the environment. (Challenge #5 - Find four living things at the beach - modified for a park setting)
  • Along the way, discuss the connections between nature and the Indigenous people who lived in this area. (Challenge #11 - Learn about Indigenous connections to nature)
  • Learn and teach the 7 Principles of Leave No Trace to younger Girl Scouts. (Challenge #40 - Teach Leave No Trace principles)

✅ Challenge Activities Completed: Find four living things (#5), Indigenous nature connections (#11) and Leave No Trace (#40)

1:45 PM – Tree Promise & Closing Celebration (45 min)

📍 Rangers Office

  • As part of the Girl Scout Tree Promise, plant, protect, or honor a tree at the park. (Challenge #16 - Plant, protect, or honor a tree)
  • Gather for a group photo and reflection on the day's adventures!

✅ Challenge Activity Completed: Tree Promise (#16)

2:30 -Event Ends



South Carolina State Parks offers many programs & events to the public throughout the year.  Check them out here. 



While you are visiting a South Carolina State Park, consider doing some of these activities:



When you visit a state park throughout the year, please be sure to:

  • Wear your Girl Scout vest or sash so that you will be recognized as a Girl Scout during your visit.
  • Take photos of your visit and share them on social media, to show how engaged Girl Scouts are at the parks!  Share using hashtag #SCStateParks and #GSLoveStateParks on all social media channels, or make sure to tag us on Facebook (@SC.State.Parks), Twitter (@SC_State_Parks), and Instagram (@SCStateParks).
  • Learn the Seven Principles of Leave No Trace, and teach others how to protect and preserve South Carolina's state parks.