Capital City Campground, South Carolina Camping Information

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Hotels near Capital City Campground, South Carolina:

Columbia-Days Inn, Columbia
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2.6 miles away
Residence Inn by Marriott Columbia Northeast, Columbia
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4.7 miles away
Super 8 Motel - Columbia, Columbia
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4.8 miles away
Courtyard By Marriott Columbia Northeast, Columbia
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4.8 miles away
Columbia-Days Inn Columbia Mall, Columbia
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5.2 miles away
La Quinta Inn Columbia NE/Fort Jackson, Columbia
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5.7 miles away
Marriott Columbia, Columbia
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5.7 miles away
Quality Inn Columbia, Columbia
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5.7 miles away
Clarion Hotel Town House Hotel, Columbia
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5.8 miles away
Microtel Inn Columbia, Columbia
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5.8 miles away
Sheraton Columbia Downtown Hotel, Columbia
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5.8 miles away
Staybridge Suites COLUMBIA, Columbia
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5.8 miles away
Jameson Suites Columbia, Columbia
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5.8 miles away
Comfort Suites Columbia, Columbia
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5.8 miles away
Ramada Columbia North East, Columbia
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5.8 miles away
Red Roof Inn Columbia East, Columbia
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5.9 miles away
* Distances listed are direct linear distances, actual travel distance may be different.

Roof Pond
12 miles away
What is a roof pond?...

Catawba River
28 miles away
...Reservoir, whose dam is just upstream of Lake Wateree. The average gradient is about 30 feet per mile, and the rapids fairly continuous when there's enough water. Unlike the nearby stretches of the Catawba, this stretch is choked with boulders & contains several islands & multiple channels. Scenery is spectacular, the river coursing through a mini-canyon with granite walls & no development visible from the water. Right now it can be run only when the Catawba is very high, after extended periods of heavy rain. A good indicator is the Catawba USGS gauge at Rock Hill (basically the discharge from Lake Wylie Dam). If it's running well over 10,000 c.f.s., there's probably some flow spilling into the Great Falls run. It needs about 3,000 or 4,000 c.f.s. spilling into the dewatered stretch to be worth running. At these levels it's low class 3. At 10,000 c.f.s. in G.F.(about 20,000 c.f.s. full flow) it's big water class 3-4 & alot of fun. Under the new Catawba/Wateree relicense agreement, there will be (I think) about 28 scheduled releases beginning next year. But it appears that the flows i...


Other campgrounds near Capital City Campground, South Carolina:

   Sesquicentennial State Park, Columbia, 6 miles away
      
   Barnyard RV Park, Lexington, 12 miles away
      
   Bethel Campground, Kershaw County, 15 miles away
      
   Wood Smoke Campground, Irmo, 16 miles away
      
   Lake Wateree State Recreation Area, Winnsboro, 16 miles away
      
   Edmund RV Park, Lexington, 19 miles away
      

Paddling Rivers Near Capital City Campground, South Carolina:

   Broad River, RichlandCounty, 5 miles away
      Class II-III - 4 miles long (I-20 to Congaree River)

   Saluda River, Lexington/ RichlandCounty, 8 miles away
      Class II-IV - 11 miles long (Lake Murray Dam to Broad/Congaree confluence)

   Catawba River, Chester LancasterCounty, 28 miles away
      Class III - 2 miles long (Great Falls)
...s that the flows into G.F. will be about 3,000 c.f.s., kind of on the low side. ...


National Parks near Capital City Campground, South Carolina:

   Congaree Swamp National Monument, Hopkins - SC, 16 miles away
      

Golf Courses Near Capital City Campground, South Carolina:

   Northwoods Golf Club, Columbia, 4 miles away
      
   Linrick Golf Course, Columbia, 5 miles away
      

Lakes Near Capital City Campground, South Carolina:

   Lake Elizabeth, Richland CountyCounty, 3 miles away
      
   Alcohol And Drug Abuse Lake, Richland CountyCounty, 3 miles away
      

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