Events at: Edisto Beach State Park's Environment Learning Center

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Join the Edisto Beach State Park Environmental Learning Center staff to learn about their ravenous reptiles! Learn about why they aren’t always ravenous, their adaptations for capturing prey, and why they are important. Pre-registration required. $5 per person. Register here.  

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Ever wonder why the marsh pops? Do you know how many types of fiddler crabs we have? Join Edisto Beach State Park staff to get answers and an up-close look at the living organisms that make the salt marsh their home. Free with Park Admission. (1 hour- 1 1⁄2 hours)

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Can you hold your breath for five hours? How tall do you measure up to a Leatherback Sea Turtle? Come discover the incredible world of South Carolina’s turtles — from terrapins to land turtles to sea turtles! Some live turtles (no live sea turtles) will be on hand! Pre-registration required. Free with Park Admission.

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Join Edisto Beach State Park’s Environmental Learning Center for a guided walk from the learning Center and learn all about the unique maritime forest ecosystem. Highlights include picturesque live oaks, Christmas and bubble gum lichens, and diverse forest microcosms and interactions. Pre-registration required. Free with Park Admission.

Did you know giant beavers, massive sharks, and bizarre sloths really called Edisto home? Join Edisto Beach State Park’s Interpretive Staff to learn about the amazing wildlife of prehistoric Edisto in a game of fossil trivia. Touch real fossils of animals that roamed tens of thousands of years ago. Recommended for participants 10 and up. […]

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Want to get into fishing but don’t know how? Edisto Beach State Park Environmental Learning Center staff has got you covered! Join a SCDNR Certified Saltwater Fishing Instructor to cover all the basics of fishing, including the types of fishing lines, rigs, lures, baits, knots, common fish to catch at Edisto, and more! During the […]