Brick Pond Park

Brick Pond Park is a 40-acre restored wetland that functions as a storm water treatment system. It was developed to remove pollutants from storm water runoff in the ponds and to improve the ecosystem. Today the wetlands are home to an abundance of wildlife including alligators, deer, river otters, more than 100 species of birds (visit during the year), turtles, frogs, fish and more.

Park amenities include biking and walking trails, wildlife viewing pavilion, picnic tables, information kiosks, plant identification trail and birding.

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Trail

The Brick Pond Park Plant Trail is a 1.3 mile path with 25 plants identified throughout the park by markers. Many of the plants throughout this trail are wetland plants native to South Carolina, and are integral components to the ecosystem as well as the storm water treatment process at Brick Pond Park. To discover all about the plants you see on the trail, scan the QR code on the marker and it will take you to a web-page with more information and photos of the plant. Greeneway Trail access point.

History

Up until the 1960’s, the area where Brick Pond Park is located was an industrial site. Brick makers, oil companies and many other industries set up camp on the riverfront. After several flooding events, industry owners abandoned the property for higher ground.

In the late 1990’s, a plan was developed to reconnect the citizens with the riverfront. Part of that project involved restoring the wetlands and creating the park. The holes made by clay miners had evolved into a sort of wetland system that was in extremely poor condition. The ponds were full of excessive nutrients, trash, industrial debris and dead/dying trees with little wetland vegetation. The City of North Augusta and the developer(s) of Hammond’s Ferry worked together to develop a healthy ecosystem in the park and provide a way to clean pollution from the storm water that enters the ponds.