Hiking in the Francis Marion National Forest

Explore Sewee Center's Red Wolves, hike I'ON Swamp Trail, see wildlife, and learn about rice culture and Wythewood Plantation.
Travel by motor coach to the Sewee Environmental Education Center to see endangered Red Wolves and meet your guides. Continue to the I'ON Swamp Trail for a hike through shaded blackwater areas, spotting alligators, wood ducks, otters, and more. Learn about the rice culture and visit Wythewood Plantation, the first freed slave plantation in South Carolina. Discover plantation artifacts and edible plants.
Shore Thing Highlights
Visit Wythewood Plantation, the first freed slave plantation in South Carolina
Hike on the I'ON Swamp Trail, seeing alligators, wood ducks, otters, and more
Visit the Sewee Environmental Education Center
Need to know
Sailors in wheelchairs or with limited mobility should not select this Shore Thing
Approximately 45 minute drive each way to/from the pier
Approximately 1 hour 30 minute hike over varying terrain
Weather can vary throughout the day; layers are recommended as well as a rain jacket
Sailors should consider their physical fitness level and medical history when determining whether this Shore Thing is appropriate
Wildlife sightings are likely but not guaranteed
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