There are six National Natural Landmarks in the U.S. state of South Carolina .
Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Ownership | Description | |
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1 | Congaree River Swamp | ![]() | May 1974 | Columbia 33°47′N80°47′W / 33.783°N 80.783°W | Richland | federal | The most extensive, mature cypress-gum swamp and bottomland hardwood forest complex in the State and a sanctuary for wildlife. Part of Congaree National Park. [1] |
2 | Flat Creek Natural Area and 40 Acre Rock | | August 1984 | Kershaw 34°40′8″N80°31′38″W / 34.66889°N 80.52722°W | Lancaster | state | Contains the largest remaining undisturbed granitic flat-rock outcrop in the Carolina Piedmont. Flat-rock vegetation is in good condition, including 13 rare or endemic species and 20 other species characteristic of these outcrops. Flat Creek Dike is one of the thickest in eastern North America at 1,123 ft (342 m). Part of 40 Acre Rock Heritage Preserve. [2] |
3 | Francis Beidler Forest | | March 1979 | Harleyville 33°14′N80°21′W / 33.233°N 80.350°W | Berkeley & Dorchester | private | One of the last large virgin stands of bald cypress-tupelo gum swamp in the United States, with five major community types providing for a rich diversity of species. [3] |
4 | John de la Howe Forest | ![]() | January 1976 | McCormick 33°56′N82°24′W / 33.933°N 82.400°W | McCormick | state | An old-growth stand of oak-pine forest protected against fire and timbering since 1797, and one of the best remaining examples of this type of forest in the Piedmont. [4] |
5 | St. Phillips Island | | May 1986 | Beaufort 32°17′N80°37′W / 32.283°N 80.617°W | Beaufort | private | This barrier island is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) in length and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide. It is unique among the barrier islands of Georgia, South Carolina and northern Florida, because it exists in a nearly undisturbed state with minimal development and past consumptive use; it is also unique to the entire Atlantic Coast for the pronounced multiple vegetated beach dune ridges found here. [5] |
6 | Stevens Creek Natural Area | | March 1979 | Plum Branch 33°50′39″N82°13′27″W / 33.84417°N 82.22417°W | McCormick | state | Pleistocene relict ecosystem harboring flora considered unusual for its combination of plants in this southern location due to unique microenvironmental conditions. Part of Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve. [6] |
Congaree National Park is a 26,692.6-acre American national park in central South Carolina, 18 miles southeast of the state capital, Columbia. The park preserves the largest tract of old growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the United States. The lush trees growing in its floodplain forest are some of the tallest in the eastern United States, forming one of the highest temperate deciduous forest canopies remaining in the world. The Congaree River flows through the park. About 15,000 acres are designated as a wilderness area.
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This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted May 10, 2024.
The Francis Beidler Forest is an Audubon wildlife sanctuary in Four Holes Swamp, a blackwater creek system in South Carolina, United States. It consists of over 18,000 acres (73 km²) of mainly bald cypress and tupelo gum hardwood forest and swamp with approximately 1,800 acres (7 km2) of old-growth forest. It is the largest virgin stand of cypress-tupelo forest in the world, with some Bald Cypress trees over 1,000 years old. It is a favorite haunt of birdwatchers and is used for biological research projects by area schools.
The Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks are a group of 20 metropolitan parks in and around Columbus, Ohio. They are officially organized into the Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District. The Metro Parks system was organized in 1945 under Ohio Revised Code Section 1545 as a separate political division of the state of Ohio. The Metro Parks are overseen by a Board of Park Commissioners consisting of three citizens appointed to three-year terms without compensation by the Judge of the Probate Court of Franklin County, Ohio. The Board in turn appoints an Executive Director responsible for operations and management of the parks.
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Francis Beidler, was a Chicago-based lumberman active in the first decades of the 20th century.