The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Coastal Southeast

Stop 11 · Days 175–176

Congaree National Park

Congaree National Park, SC

The largest intact old-growth bottomland hardwood forest left in America — some of the tallest trees in the East, over a boardwalk and a blackwater creek.

Where to stay

  • Stay in Columbia or camp in the park

    Columbia is 30 minutes away; the park has primitive camping.

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You gotta eat this

  • Save it for Columbia

    The park is undeveloped — pack a picnic.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 175Day 175 — The Old-Growth SwampFull day · 5h planned
  2. 176Day 176 — Into the capitalDrive day · 30m drive

What this stop is made of

  • National Parks & Forests
  • Outdoor & Water Activities