Edisto River
City:
Aiken
Website:
https://www.edistofriends.org/The Edisto River is North America’s longest free-flowing blackwater river with approximately 310 unobstructed river miles. The river rises from South Carolina’s fall line, where the rolling hills of the Piedmont and the Midlands give way to the sandy flatlands of the Coastal Plain. Two forks, North and South, flow through the upper coastal plain and converge into the main stem Edisto River, which continues to the Atlantic Ocean.
The South Fork of the Edisto, which runs through Thoroughbred Country, begins as a small stream in Johnston and flows southeast for 105 miles where it meets the North Fork near Branchville to form the Edisto River. The South Fork has the most remote stretches of river and is mostly narrow and winding. The river houses a natural cathedral of swamp, hardwoods and cypress that create a scenic home for pinfish, catfish, largemouth bass, eels, bream, alligators, wood ducks and other freshwater birds.
River Access
Aiken County: Aiken State Park, Windsor Davis Bridge Landing, SC Hwy 4 Edisto River Landing, SC Hwy 21 Keadle’s Bridge Landing, SC Hwy 4 Rocky Springs Boat Landing, New Holland Rd.
Bamberg County: Bobcat Landing, Bamberg Rd. Brabham’s Landing, US Hwy 78 Claudes Landing, Charleston-Augusta Hwy. Zig-Zag Landing, SC Hwy 61
May through October, the South Fork Paddlers host monthly canoe/kayak trips on the South Fork of the Edisto River.
Bamberg County Boat Landing Map
