With its sandy beach, swimming lake, and multi-acre field surrounded by woods, James Island boasts the Taj Majal of dog parks. The park provides drinking water, hoses for cleaning and cooling off, entry and exit gates, and bags and collection cans for your pooch’s poo.
Directions from Charleston: Take Hwy 17 S and bear left after the Ashley River Bridge toward Folly Beach. Pass EarthFare on your right, cross another bridge, and take a right onto Maybank Hwy/SC 700. Take a left on Riverland Dr. at the stop light in between the golf course and head 2 miles to entrance on right.
James Island County Park: 843-795-7275 / 871 Riverland Dr., Charleston / www.ccprc.com/index.aspx?nid=68