Camping in Columbia, SC, US: 12 Best Campgrounds 2023

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Big Creek RV Park of Saluda SC

9 units · Day trips, Motorhomes, Tents5 acres · Saluda, SCBig Creek RV Park of Saluda SC is a private lodging establishment offering short term sites to campers, transient guest and outdoor enthusiast who desire rest, relaxation and recreation. The fringe land is old farm land now being repurposed for outdoor activities. The RV Park is the developed part of an old Farm planted in pines bordering Big Creek/Lake Murray.

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The water surrounding the yurt was a beautiful color!

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Southeast Outdoor Adventure Ctr

13 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents120 acres · SCProperty is well maintained and spacious, rv camping area is flat land for easy maneuvering, roads are wide with easy turns and pull through so no stress backing up. If you like biking or running/walking soac has some awesome trails. There are several small ponds to relax near and watch the sun set. Bathrooms/showers/picnic tables /fire rings/water hook ups/no rv power/dump station available ($10 dumps, guest only). If you need privacy and relaxation and want to unplug from the world, this is the place! By design, we never camp many guests at any one time, we feel if you wanted to camp close to someone you could camp in your back yard at home, here you have space and privacy.

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Private Oasis In The Forest

3 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents5 acres · Lancaster, SCI own an undisturbed forest for 1/2 a century, used for duck hunting in the previous owners family for decades. Excited to share it with others!

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Mike's country home and land

11 units · Glamping50 acres · SCWelcome to Creekside FarmCreekside Farm is a place where you can slow down and enjoy things you might not normally notice.We are glad you are Here.We invite you to sit back, take your shoes off, and breathe deeply as you read this – slowly.Creekside is very special place where you, and those important to you can unplug and gently "be" with eachother.My wife Beth and I fell in love with this property because it has a unique way of calling us out of our busy livesand into a meaningful space of connection with our senses, each other and those we care about. We hope youhave the chance to experience this on your visit.In my work as a leadership consultant and executive coach I've had the opportunity to find a few "bestpractices" for a meaningful experience of life. I offer them to you below should you want to try them out duringyour visit. I promise they will impact your time here - and your time when you leave here - tremendously:Being and DoingSometimes it’s just fine to sit down and not do anything.Experience and CaptureSometimes you don’t need to capture an experience, just experience it.Quality and QuantitySometimes quality of life is more satisfying than quantity of life. Maybe less is more.Sensing and ThinkingSometimes thinking is overrated. Sitting still and sensing what is right in front of us can be eye-opening.Silence and NoiseSometimes saying nothing says everything. Turning off the phones and devices and listening to the nature’ssounds can further awaken and resensitize us.Below you will find information about this special place. It includes invitations, requests and details about howthings work here at the farm.We invite you...1. To use your time here to nourish your Self, Spirit and Body. Walk, breathe, smell, touch, see, and taste whatyou desire.2. To put away your phones and devices and be with the people you are here with.3. To remove your shoes when in the home and feel the floor under your feet.4. To be outside whenever you can. There is goodness out there. Go anywhere you want on property, it isbordered by the creek.5. To eat slowly, talk slowly, walk slowly and just hang.

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Bells Marina & Resort

6 units · Glamping, Motorhomes6 acres · Eutawville, SCOur small size and inspiring location make Bells Marina & Resort an exclusive experience. Enjoy the comforts of our boutique hotel and luxury cabins, bring your own RV or camper, or “rough it” in one of our glamping sites. Bring your boat and keep it in one of our guest slips or in our secured boat storage area. Our friendly staff can provide guides, gear, and just about anything you need for a family-friendly outdoor adventure at this secluded angler’s paradise. Bells Marina & Resort is an outdoor community and resort in a cove on the popular Lake Marion, known for world-class fishing and record-breaking catches. Most of our visitors are dazzled at the beauty of the woods and water. We border 400 acres of the Santee Cooper Wildlife Management Area, and you can enjoy 180 degree views of the cove and waterfowl, from white herons to bald eagles. Meals are a special experience for our guests, and you have a lot of delicious options. Our friendly outdoor cooking area features barbecues and a pizza oven (depending on when you book). This is a great place to make new friends. The country store is stocked with the usual groceries, along with bait & tackle and camping accessories. We have fishing kits, s’mores kits, and many pre-made food options to make your stay easier. You can grab a pizza for the outdoor pizza oven, or if you don’t want to cook after a long day, pick up a convenient crock-pot meal. Crock pots are included in the kitchenette hotel rooms. Just place a pre-made meal in the pot and dinner will be waiting for you when you get back from your lake adventures. Our family restaurant is a local favorite and offers fried, fresh-caught catfish. We are open for three meals most days. You can have a hot breakfast starting at 6:00 am, and be on the water or in the woods at sunrise. The restaurant crew is happy to deliver food to your room, RV, or campfire--and you might even talk our chef into grilling your catch. If you don’t feel like hunting or fishing, Bells Marina & Resort has play spaces for the kids and relaxing spaces for adults. Join us for movie nights or just unwind at the community campfire. No matter what kind of vacation you have in mind, Bells Marina & Resort has everything you need for a memorable adventure.

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King Creek Campground

160 units · Motorhomes, Tents350 acres · Fairfax, SCSituated on 350 acres in the woods just outside Fairfax, SC, King Creek Campground is an ideal spot for a quiet getaway. Here you can enjoy miles of trails perfect for biking, hiking and horseback riding as you take in the seasonal flora and fauna. Those who like to boat, fish, paddle, tube, or swim will appreciate convenient access to the Savannah River via Cohen’s Bluff Landing, located just three miles from the campground. King Creek Campground has something for campers of all types. Our spacious 60-ft x 90-ft campsites have hookups for water and power, making them perfect for RVs or tents. Horse owners love our equestrian campsites, which have stalls directly adjacent. King Creek Campground’s long-term rates are especially attractive to retirees, snowbirds, and non-local hunters. Hunters love our Hunt Camp package, which combines long-term rates with full use of our skinning/cleaning station and walk-in cooler.

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Camp Clatworthy

7 units · Motorhomes, Tents1000 acres · Honea Path, SC Free use of kayaks and a canoe on an undeveloped 18 acre lake is included when you camp here. Several miles of trails, dirt roads and streams wind through hundreds of acres which you are free to explore. The property has been owned by members of our family for 75 years or more with areas of it family-owned since the 1800's. A large portion of the property is dedicated to sustainable loblolly pine forests dating back to the 1980's. A significant area of the property is dedicated to native hardwood forest and has some of the oldest and largest white oak, poplar, elm and shortleaf pines in the upstate. The remainder of the property is pasture; home to Black Angus cattle and St. Croix sheep. We look forward to sharing this unique property with you!

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3 Creeks Camp and NaturPreserve

12 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents10 acres · Anderson, SCThis Property was purchased by Grandfather in the 70s and then was passed to my Mother. In 2013 I decided to live life differently and start from the ground up building with natural materials and found materials. At that time I was fortunate enough to have the land passed to me and I started building a home for myself and to be close to my mothers home nearby. After achieving the basics I decided that the best use of this beautiful land was to create a place for people to relax and enjoy, a park like environment dedicated to preserving natural beauty and amplifying it through a permaculture lifestyle. 8 years later I am blown away at how far the dream has become a reality and love sharing my space with people from all over the country.

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Camping with a Full Kitchen

11 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents37 acres · Albemarle, NCI've lived here all my life (since 1972)!Very cool, beautiful, laid-back property with lots of room to make yourself at home!Please come enjoy!!

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Laurel Oaks Estate

4 units · Glamping55 acres · Conway, SCWe are 20 miles from Myrtle Beach, and just a short drive to beautiful downtown Conway, SC. There you will find shopping, amazing restaurants, and the Riverwalk. Alongside the tent is a fire pit, hammock, cornhole, picnic table, and gas grill. Take a stroll on one of our many trails that backs up to the National Wildlife Refuge. Enjoy fishing and take a ride in the paddleboat, johnboat, and kayaks on our pond near your campsite.

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Heirloom Hamlet

4 units · Motorhomes, Tents5 acres · Ridgeland, SCAni, Fitch and I are typical people (mostly) who are running an experiment. We are trying to find out if a person can use their hands and their head to handcraft a little piece of heaven, with very little money. Three years ago we left our South Florida home studio and creative furniture business to pursue a new goal. We wanted to do something special while we still could...something different and interesting with our lives. Have we done that? You be the judge. We set out to design and hand build an experience in environmentally friendly living that balances modern and old-world homestead features. You will see us erecting micro-cabins, installing solar arrays, dry toilets and composting. We're woodworking, clay-forming and metal pounding. We are big believers in being mindful and respectful of our environment wherever possible, but also in being reasonable and balanced in that endeavor. So, we are incorporating both alternative and municipality utilities as they fit our homestead design. Through good design, our goal is to show just how "normal" bio-compatible, small living can feel. We all have priorities and they will naturally vary greatly...and that's okay. But we don't believe that any of us should be so self-focused that we completely shut out the importance of being good to the earth and good to others. To be completely transparent, though, we also have had a goal to inspire something good from within, in any onlooker. We've found it to be so fullfilling to identify real wants and needs from perceived ones, and then to work hard to literally, physically turn ideas into a reality. It is a true challenge to turn off some of the modern world's noise and nail down what we personally really need and want from life, as opposed to what we have been trained to need and want. Even if we are among the few that can do that, it may be even more difficult to muster the courage to make the changes necessary to go and get that life. Ani and I feel like this "happiness" word we hear so often has become such a buzz word that it has been overused (or at least misused) these days. We think that maybe more of us would feel more fullfilled if we were striving for "the pursuit of contentment" rather than the mystical "pursuit of happiness". Possibly then we'd feel a sense of control over our life and not be so aimlessly trying to get a hold on the abstract. This is the conclusion we have personally come to and it is where we've aimed our focus as we carve out our place. At the very least we hope that our guests don't expect to find a common, and definitely not corporate, approach to living here, that they can appreciate some of our old-fashioned ways. We hope that as we cross paths, we won't be held to a business standard that we have worked very hard to remove ourselves from. We realized everyone has a right to be themselves, but our presentation at Heirloom Hamlet has been purposefully designed to be a relaxing getaway in a unique hideaway.

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The Farmstead at Mill Spring

8 units · Glamping5 acres · Mill Spring, NCThe Farmstead is a special type of experience because it offers guests an opportunity to reconnect with themselves in a way that others do not. In addition to providing a beautiful and relaxing retreat, the Farmstead is run by missionaries who are committed to providing water, schooling, mentorship, and trade skills to children in Tanzania. Every stay at the Farmstead brings one day of school —and we hope that you will join us in our cause!

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