$35 - $70 / night

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Campground at James Island County Park

52 Reviews

About

County

Enjoy the natural beauty of James Island County Park, with year-round fun for the entire family. Just a short drive from downtown Charleston, the 643-acre park offers an abundance of exceptional recreation offerings and natural beauty.

With the Campground and Cottages at James Island County Park, it has never been more convenient to explore historic Charleston and the Lowcountry. Come discover our history, charm, fine dining, antiques, plantations, parks, and sandy beaches. Just minutes from all of these attractions is your private retreat within the 643-acre James Island County Park.

Fee Info

Pull-Thru (full hookup): $70 , Back-In (full hookup): $60, Water & Electric Only Sites: $55 All sites have 20, 30, and 50 amp electrical connections

Primitive Tent Camping Up to 6 people per site: $35 Sunday-Thursday, $40 Saturday & Sunday 12x12 tent pad (tent must fit on pad)

Reservation Info

Walk-in sites, no car camping Each site features a picnic table, fire ring, and hammock posts

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Location

Campground at James Island County Park is located in South Carolina

Directions

The Campground at James Island County Park is located at 871 Riverland Dr, Charleston SC 29412. Low lying trees on Riverland Drive could damage tall vehicles. When following GPS directions, bypass the Central Park Drive route and redirect to Camp Road.

Address

871 Riverland Dr
Charleston, SC 29412

Coordinates

32.73722943787211 N
79.99242580641308 W

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Access

Drive-In
Park next to your site
Walk-In
Park in a lot, walk to your site.
Boat-In
Sites accessible by watercraft.

Stay Connected

WiFi
Fair
Verizon
Good
AT&T
Poor
T-Mobile
Good

Site Types

Tent Sites
RV Sites
Standard (Tent/RV)
Group
Cabins
Tent Cabin

Features

For Campers

Market
ADA Access
Trash
Picnic Table
Firewood Available
Phone Service
Reservable
WiFi
Showers
Drinking Water
Electric Hookups
Toilets
Pets
Fires

For Vehicles

Sanitary Dump
Sewer Hookups
Water Hookups
Pull-Through Sites
Big Rig Friendly

$35 - $70

/ night

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Reservations

Abby H.

Traveler

Reviewed Jul. 16, 2023

great campground!

super easy and quick check-in, we only stayed for one night due to the heat but we loved what we got to see of the park! super family + group oriented which was nice for me and my bf since its just us 2 and kids in the tents around us didnt really come back to the primative area until sundown, so we got to sit by the fire and relax! our dogs loved the beautiful trails. will definitely be back in cooler weather!

Site11

Month of VisitAugust

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Jessica

Scout

Reviewed May. 29, 2023

Great spot for kids in

Fishing, kid friendly, climbing wall, rope course, water park, 10 minutes to Charleston and 15 minutes to the beach.

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Month of VisitJune

George L.

Guide

Reviewed Apr. 26, 2023

Great Location, Great Campground

Among the best. Well maintained, very clean and adequate bathhouses, level gravel sites with reasonable spacing. Even WIFi ! Location is very convenient to downtown Charleston and Folly Beach.

Site77

Month of VisitMay

Ljupka S.

Traveler

Reviewed Mar. 18, 2023

Lucky to get a spot

I was so lucky to get a spot for two nights in this campground. Lovely camp hosts, pristine clean bathrooms, laundry facility. There are paved trails around the campground, dog park and even a fishing pier. The views are stunning every turn you take. It's incredibly close to downtown Charleston and Folly Beach. I'm so glad I stopped here.

Site65

Month of VisitApril

Joel G.

Scout

Reviewed Feb. 28, 2023

Review

Full amenities, so price tag goes along. Overall good campgrounds for RV/trailers but overkill for tents.

Site64

Month of VisitApril

SummertimeRVrovers J.

Traveler

Reviewed Dec. 5, 2022

Hidden gem for visiting Charleston

When making reservations at James Island County Park we had modest expectations, but we were going to tour Charleston most of the time, so we decided anything close to the city would be good enough. The campground turned out to be very nice. We wished we had stayed there longer to enjoy not only Charleston, but the nature beauty of the park itself. The campground is located in a huge park with lots of amenities. The sites are spacious, covered with trees, full hookups with 50 amp service. There are a lot of shaded picturesque walking and bike trails in the park. The dog park was amazingly big, with a little doggy beach for water lovers. There is a big kids playground with a fun looking spray play fountain. It is located just 15 min drive from the campground to downtown Charleston. It is a great campground to stay when visiting Charleston. We have a video on our YouTube Channel- Summertime RV Rovers- about this park- Great Campgrounds in Coastal South Carolina: Charleston and Hilton Head Island. Please check for yourself. We camped at James Island County Park in a Motorhome.

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Month of VisitOctober

Carol J.

Guide

Reviewed Sep. 25, 2022

Lots of Activities

We camped here in mid September during a very hot week. The staff was courteous, and the sites are mostly private. The mosquitos were abundant the week we stayed in Site #6. Restrooms and showers are modern and well maintained. Lots of washers and dryers available. The campsite was gravel and sand, with lots of large gravel stones that made it uncomfortable to walk around at times. The site appeared to not be maintained often (lots of old leaves and weeds), but overall the park was clean. Our site was close to the road that many county vehicles travelled, so it was not a quiet spot. The park offers a shuttle to Charleston, a climbing wall, splash pool, many trails. The dog park is huge with a great place for the dogs to swim. The park store has most items you'd need while camping, and some souvenirs. Overall it was a good experience, but I'd suggest a site more off the road if you want a quiet site.

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Month of VisitOctober

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Ben P.

Scout

Reviewed Sep. 21, 2022

Excellent Campground

Great campground with a lot of amenities and thing to do. Not to mention you're near Downtown Charleston, Folly Beach and Mount Pleasant. The campground has Level sites and a great doggie park. A lot of walking and biking trails too. A great place to visit.

Site77

Month of VisitApril

Alex M.

Legend

Reviewed Jul. 23, 2022

Bad experience

This place looked promising at first. I arrived on a Friday night and there were multiple tent sites available. Very pricey, but Charleston accomodations are like that, and the park looked pleasant and well developed. I set up my tent and was happy... at first.

Right after I went to bed, a major thunderstorm rolled in. I'd weathered such storms before, and my tent usually performs well. My campsite had a raised tent platform filled with sand, which I assumed would drain well. It did not. The tent was "floating" for a while. Standing water under the floor. Only a little water leaked in, luckily.

When I got up in the morning, the tent pad had mostly drained, but the rest of my campsite had turned into a swimming pool. I walked around the campground and it looked like my site was the only one that had flooded like this. "No problem," I thought, "I'll just book a second night in one of the other campsites." Nope. They were booked solid. Had to pack up my wet equipment and never really got to enjoy the park.

I imagine this could be a very nice place to camp under better conditions, but I did not have a good time.

Side note, there was a chorus of extremely loud frogs here that kept me awake at night. Cute but annoying.

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Month of VisitAugust

mary F.

Legend

Reviewed Jun. 30, 2022

Fabulous and close to downtown

Charleston County has done a great job with this campground and park. Sites are medium sized for the most part. But do watch out for the double campsites if you are not camping with another party as you will be too close to strangers. Trails are expensive, park is well maintained, has large dog park on pond, bikes can rented and a lot of water recreation activities are available. Laundry and shower facilities in camp!

Month of VisitJuly

Tanya T.

Scout

Reviewed Jun. 12, 2022

James Island

This is a well kept, maintained campground. This is also my first time here. The kids loved finding the geocache throughout the park. There have been no ants, food stealing fauna aka squirrels. The mosquitoes haven't been excessive either. My thermocell has been able to keep up!

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Month of VisitJuly

Leslie A.

Scout

Reviewed Apr. 2, 2022

Great location for visiting Charleston

Too notch Campground! See photos of each camping spot on their website. They have many activities ( too many to list) Great Staff, Very well maintained park, close to Charleston ( they even have a shuttle) We loved it!

Sitewe were at site 57 & 93d but seriously I don’t think there is a bad site! This is a very well planned out campground & park.

Month of VisitApril

Jim

Traveler

Reviewed Dec. 12, 2021

Awsome Campground and Park

This park is one of the best that we visited so far. It was pure luck, but our dates were during their Festival of Lights. The entire park was decorated with holiday lighting scenes, all sponsored by various Charleston businesses. The displays were awesome! Even the walking/biking paths were decorated. They must have spent months on this. The campground was clean and the sites were nicely separated by trees and shrubs. Bath houses were immaculate. Apparently some folks come every year around this festival because individual sites were also decorated with lights- even in the trees. We camped at James Island County Park in a Travel Trailer.

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Month of VisitDecember

Tom

Scout

Reviewed Nov. 3, 2021

Great time of year

Thanksgiving last year 2020

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Month of VisitDecember

Tim P.

Guide

Reviewed Aug. 27, 2021

Great shaded campground with great aminities

JICG has large shaded sites from primitive to full hookup 30/50amp. Great wifi. Water park is off the chain. Mostly shaded. Hiking, kayaking, fishing, RC sailboat club comes there. Large lake with a beach for doggies. Clean and spacious bath houses. Shuttle to downtown Charleston. Close to beaches. We had a ball.

Site73

Month of VisitSeptember

aidan L.

Guide

Reviewed Aug. 2, 2021

Amazing campground

This park is very pretty and really surrounds you with lush forest in all directions. The only reaon i did not give this place 5 stars is because the directions they give you are off to where the park actually is.

Month of VisitSeptember

Chad W.

Traveler

Reviewed Jun. 9, 2021

Dang! Lot's to do on site

This was a cool park. Splash pads, ponds, giant playgrounds, large trails and more. Great place to bring kids!

Month of VisitJune

Megan M.

Guide

Reviewed Jun. 4, 2021

Wonderful campground for Family

I cannot say enough good things about James Island County Park! Bicycle trails right in the campground, wonderful playgrounds, rock wall Climbing (which we missed out on but will do next time), 15 min to local beach accesses. Quiet. Peaceful area where we all relaxed It was a great start to our camping season this Easter! Staff was super friendly as well.

Month of VisitMay

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Jimmy N.

Guide

Reviewed May. 28, 2021

One of the nicest we’ve seen!

One of the nicest campgrounds we ever stayed at! It has everything you could imagine and more. Clean, spacious and beautiful!

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Month of VisitJune

Laura R.

Scout

Reviewed May. 18, 2021

Something for everyone

We love staying at the James Island County Park. They have wonderful playgrounds for kids, tons of trails for exercise, and an excellent water park for all day water fun. We especially love going during the holiday season so we can enjoy all of the lights. And if you get tired of cooking at the camp site, there are plenty of yummy food places to try out in the Charleston area. I can’t recommend this place enough!

Month of VisitDecember

Ken M.

Scout

Reviewed May. 13, 2021

Great Park

This wonderful little park in the middle of James Island will meet all of your expectations. The park is beautifully maintained and has all the amenities.

Month of VisitOctober

Marvin D.

Guide

Reviewed May. 3, 2021

Great campground

Sprawling park and campground right between Charleston and Folly Beach. There is a camp store which is well stocked and stays open till 8pm. The predominance of this campground is RV sites. The sites are well maintained and with enough space between each site.

The tent camping site and group tent sites are hike-in. The hike in is really not that far at all from where you park your cars, so no worries. The individual tent sites sit back in the woods, with a nice tree canopy, which gives it a real "primitive" feel to it. The sites are raised and contain a gravel bed.

There are bathrooms and private showers on site in a few locations. The bathroom and showers for the tent sites lay next to the group site, which is a short walk.

Shopping and stores are on hwy 117, just a few short minutes from the park.

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Month of VisitJune

Deborah H.

Scout

Reviewed Mar. 20, 2021

Wish we had more time. A very clean and beautiful park.

We got there before a storm that everyone was worried about. Attendants came around to ensure we were ok. The area was lucky but it did get very flooded. Our spot, 124 was fine but some spots got a lot of water, but didn’t take long for it to subside. Can’t wait to come back.

Maggie R.

Scout

Reviewed Mar. 14, 2021

Clean Park and Great Location to Charleston

Stayed at the James Island County Park during our honeymoon road trip. The park is located really close to Charleston, which made it ideal for exploring the city. The park the campground is located in is also super nice, it's quite a drive back to the campground. Bathrooms were great and clean, park property was clean. Our site 36 was right on the pond and close to the bathrooms. Sites are close together and there were some huge rigs. Nice campground if you aren't trying to rough it.

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Month of VisitNovember

Seth P.

Guide

Reviewed Feb. 11, 2021

Nice county park

Pretty large campground but nicely wooded. Great location for day trips into Charleston. We stayed only one night but will probably come back when the weather is better.

Month of VisitMarch

Kathy L.

Ranger

Reviewed Jan. 24, 2021

Lovely campground, nice trails, great dog park

Lovely campground with forested, private sites. Palm trees and oak trees with Spanish moss. Nice hiking trails. Phenomenal dog park. We stayed here in January 2021 and will come again in February 2021.

Deanna G.

Guide

Reviewed Jan. 18, 2021

Favorite campground we’ve ever been at!

It will be hard to share how much we loved this spot! First off, the location to Charleston, Folly Beach, and Mt. Pleasant doesn’t get much better! We planned on staying just 3 nights but made it 4 once we realized how great of a spot it is. They have bike trails, a dog park, a water park (which is obviously closed in the winter), laundry, a camp store and very clean bathhouse! It’s a bit pricey but for the location and all the amenities it’s worth it!!!!

Also... if you are looking for nearby things to do I highly recommend taking the hour drive south to Botany Bay Plantation to see the driftwood beach!

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Lauren and Brent S.

Scout

Reviewed Jan. 16, 2021

We will be back!

This was a beyond beautiful park. From walking trails, the pristine bathrooms, and incredible dog park, we couldn’t have had a better stay. We should have stayed longer. We stayed at site 29, a large pull through with full hook ups. It was like having your own private driveway. It was also incredibly close to downtown Charleston and sites. We plan on coming back!

Paul F.

Scout

Reviewed Jan. 16, 2021

Hospitable.

Large multi-purpose park. Camping area is kept well and separated from general park areas. Basic no frill camp sites we like that get the job done. Nice asphalted trails for bikes, wheelchair, walking, water park in the park looks great for use in warmer times. Convenient to historical points in Charleston with grocery and Lowe’s nearby for resupply or items you forgot to bring. We’ve book marked for future stays when in the area.

Cynthia D.

Traveler

Reviewed Dec. 4, 2020

Perfect park setting

This is a big county park over 600 acres. We could only get reservations for two nights since there was no availability. However this was my favorite ever park to camp at. The campground is tucked in the back of the park. There’s numerous walking/biking paths and a terrific dog park with lake access. The park is very clean and well-maintained. I wish we had more time to explore this lovely, serene park.