The Santee Delta

The Santee River has the largest river delta on the east coast of the United States. The area is rich in history, with places to visit and things to see and do. Here are just some of the places I’ve visited in the area.

Green roadside sign describing the Santee Delta, the largest river delta on the Atlantic coast

Places In the Santee Delta

Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge information kiosk by the dock
Trail map of Bulls Island in Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
Plaque at the Dominick House thanking Mr. and Mrs. Gayer G. Dominick

Cape Romain – Bull Island Alligators
Dominick House Dominick House Revisited

The tall 1858 Cape Romain Lighthouse under a cloudy sky
The red brick 1827 Cape Romain Lighthouse rising above the trees

Cape Romain Lighthouses

Hampton Plantation house with its columned portico
The white clapboard kitchen building at Hampton Plantation
Gloved hands holding a Rafinesque's big-eared bat by flashlight
St. James Santee, the brick church at Wambaw, under the oaks

Hampton Plantation
Hampton Plantation Kitchen and Rafinesque Big-Eared Bats
St. James Santee-The Brick Church at Wambaw

Brick entrance sign for the Santee Coastal Reserve
Brick chimney and field at the El Dorado Plantation site

Santee Coastal Reserve
El Dorado Plantation

Hopsewee Plantation house with double porches under moss-draped oaks

Hopsewee Plantation Hopsewee Revisited

The old Tibwin Plantation house braced with timbers

Tibwin Plantation Tibwin, Revisited

Ion Swamp Trail sign in Francis Marion National Forest

Ion Swamp/Halfway Creek Church/Battery Warren

Shell Ring Trail information board

Sewee Shell Ring

Also In The Area

Both now private property.

The Oaks Plantation historical marker 22-50 by the gate
Chicora Wood historical marker 22-53