Natural Areas

Besides the Hobcaw Barony, other natural areas exist for investigators including an area of seven acres owned by the University within the City of Columbia, approximately 3 miles from campus. The Congaree Swamp National Monument, a spectacular example of pristine bald cypress swamp, is only 10 miles from campus and affords superb research possibilities. Additionally the State of South Carolina has many parks and natural areas which cover all major terrestrial and marine habitats of the Southeast. The University is within a few hours drive of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park as well as the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory located on 250,000 acres with riverine, lake, upland forest, swamp and stream habitats under natural or thermally stressed conditions.