Francis Marion National Forest

Francis Marion National Forest is where the Lowcountry gets wild. A quarter-million acres of blackwater swamps, longleaf pine, and Spanish moss just outside Charleston. This is gator country, red-cockaded woodpecker habitat, and some of the most underrated paddling in the Southeast. It’s survived hurricanes, clearcuts, and centuries of change—and it’s still here, still public, still yours. Rep the forest that proves South Carolina’s wildlands run deeper than most people know.