Hotels near Colleton State Park, South Carolina:
* Distances listed are direct linear distances, actual travel distance may be different.
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Cattle Creek Campground
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...re are still two that I know of near Branchville. One is the Cattle Creek Camp which is between Branchville and Bowman. I heard on the news this month that there is one which blacks have been attending for over a century elsewhere in South Carolina.
It is my understanding that the settlement which Denmark residents call the Country Club which is located on the South Edisto River near the old Binnickers Bridge (now known as the Judge Ness Bridge) began as a Methodist Church Camp Ground. Then it gradually lost its appeal to the Methodist folks as a place for weeks long religious retreats and it evolved into a place of escape during Bamberg County's very hot summer months for residents in Denmark before the advent of modern air-conditioning.
It has been told to Mazie over the years that both her Grandfather Lawrence Semme Johnson and his brother Johnny Johnson greatly enjoyed these Church Camp Meetings and were known to travel most anywhere in the state for such gatherings. I am sure that they would take their families to the ones nearby, but would travel in their buggies or wagon... |
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Other campgrounds near Colleton State Park, South Carolina:
Royal Lake RV Park, Walterboro, 5 miles away 
Jolly Acres Camp and Storage, Saint George, 10 miles away 
Indian Field Campground, Dorchester County, 10 miles away
Shady Grove Campground, Dorchester County, 12 miles away 
Green Acres Campground, Walterboro, 12 miles away
New Green Acres RV Park, Walterboro, 12 miles away
Tanager Woods RV Campground, Harleyville, 15 miles away
Givhans Ferry State Park, Ridgeville, 16 miles away 
Cattle Creek Campground, Orangeburg County, 18 miles away  | | ...ou have attended one of the few remaining Church Camp Grounds which were very po...
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National Parks near Colleton State Park, South Carolina:
Congaree Swamp National Monument, Hopkins - SC, 53 miles away
Fort Moultrie National Monument, Sullivan's Island - SC, 56 miles away
Fort Sumter National Monument, Sullivan's Island - SC, 56 miles away
Fort Pulaski National Monument, Savannah - GA, 65 miles away 
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Lakes Near Colleton State Park, South Carolina:
SCE and G Ash Pond, Dorchester CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Green Pond, Colleton CountyCounty, 6 miles away
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