Buck Hall Campground

Roger Woods Web Page

NFS CGs, Awendaw, SC Area

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Called Buck Hall, the site is a few miles north of Charleston, along the east side of U.S. 17. Easy in, easy out. . Back in paved spots. Hot showers. Full range of electric hookups at the site. I use only the smaller amps, is it 15? Cost was $15 a night, or half that with my senior card, but I believe it has gone up in price a few bucks. $20 without the senior card. There are only 14 pad sites so get there as early as you can, in season. Five tent camping sites, $15 a night, full price.

If the place is full when you arrive, they have an overflow dry-camping area. Whether they charge for that, I don’t know since I made it a point to arrive early in the day to have the best chance of getting a hookup site.

I found the site to be very nice. Grounds clean, right near a major north-south waterway (ICW), and behind a barrier reef with the Atlantic beyond.

Forest Service web page:

http://www.fs.fed.us/

Buck Hall:

http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/fms/rec/BuckHall.pdf

Free sites, when I was there in late 2001, were those at Guilliard Lake and Honey Hill. The site for info on them and others, and directions is:

http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/fms/rec/FM%20Primitive%20Camps.pdf

I see that Guilliard Lake is still free. I drove into it but did not stay overnight. It is easy in, easy out, but rather slow because at least part of the road in was not paved but was a typical bumpy national forest road. Plenty of shaded spaces, quiet, peaceful, and no one there when I visited.

I stayed one night at Honey Hill. Free, when I was there. Water, but no electric. This place is easy to miss, as I did, and drive way into the forest. It is right beside Highway 45, on the south side, and right at the old fire watch tower. Look for the tower immediately on your right when you pull in and you will see the camping area. A large circle, wide back-in sites with picnic table and grill. I was there in September or so 2001 and there were a few others there. Quiet, peaceful, excellent neighbors on one side, none on the other.

I was headed for the Slabs then so only stayed one night. When I am in the area again, I will stay longer if space is available.