Sesquicentennial State Park, a well-known park to locals as "Sesqui," is a spacious, green getaway in the center of the Sandhills region. You can immerse in the 1,400 acres of pines, camping sites, and nature trails. The park was given to the City of Columbia by the Sesquicentennial Commission in 1937 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the city's founding as the state’s second capital. Camping sites are available for overnight guests. The park offers kayak and canoe rentals, fishing, two nature trails, and a 6-mile bicycle loop for day-use recreation. The Sandhills Trail is an ADA-accessible two-mile loop around the park lake. Sesqui is the only South Carolina State Park that offers a full-scale splash pad and a membership-only dog park that allows dogs to jog off-leash.
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SESQUICENTENNIAL STATE PARK REVIEWS
This park has a nice campground. Only 9 sites are full hookup though. They have a great trail for running. It's a loop through the woods. About 3.5 miles long. Good surface and mostly shaded. And you can easily add running to & from campsite to get 5 miles -- or obviously whatever distance you want if you keep running around the loop. Nice lake with ducks & kayak & SUP rentals.
We walked the trail around the lake, it’s beautiful! I love all the big trees and the bridges over part of the lake as well as over streams/creeks! The history info sign by the spillway was very interesting too! If you have any mobility issues, the trail around the lake is mostly accessible but there are a lot of tree roots poking up in the trail, they have mostly been marked red which helps people spot them.
The smell of pine trees fills the whole park. Nice trails that are well kept as well as nature trails. The lake looks like it might be fun for kayaking or paddle boating. Nice little store at the park office. It was $6 to enter. Restrooms: Nice clean fresh-smelling restrooms Dog-friendliness: I saw dogs
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Seven Oaks Park is an exceptional recreational destination situated in Columbia, SC. The park’s six natural turf baseball diamonds include four youth, one intermediate, and one regulation-sized, in addition to three multi-use fields. There is also a disc golf course in the shaded area of the park, and handicapped access is from the lower parking area. Seven Oaks Park has softball, basketball, volleyball, quidditch, lacrosse, and football play areas. The park is the perfect place to conduct special events, recreation programs, and volunteer opportunities designed for youth, adults, seniors, and persons with special needs. There are three full gymnasiums, a fitness area, an indoor walking track, a senior center, a dance studio, an art studio, and meeting rooms.
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SEVEN OAKS PARK REVIEWS
Great place to stop for afternoon lunch ...very peaceful and beautiful. The graffiti in the pavilion was actually really cool. Teens have been making art "illegally" for decades..why not make it legal and create a space there for them to do it freely. Just a thought . It was fun to look at .
Nice peaceful park for a quiet weekday stroll around the fields and wooded area. Fun, short disc golf course to work on midrange shots and putting.
We had a Gender Reveal party for my daughter here in one of the rooms and it was really nice and clean and had plenty of room to accommodate everyone. Nice kitchen as well! It's A GIRL Restrooms: Very nice and clean restroom
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Earlewood Park is a beautiful public park located in Columbia, South Carolina. The park features a new community center, amphitheater, disc golf course, one-of-a-kind playground, baseball, and kickball fields, tennis courts, and basketball courts. The park has a 3,520-square-foot building that includes a banquet hall and meeting room area with eight and six-foot chairs and tables. Earlewood Park has an ideal venue for small social events and business gatherings. An off-leash dog area, known as the NOMA Bark Park, is available for your convenience. The park provides a picturesque view of a railroad trestle. There are no fees for admission and parking. The park is a historical gem for the local people.
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Earlewood is a historical gem of a park and venue. There's ample parking and overflow for busy days. The disc golf course is well-made and has the original baskets from when the park was created. The park is usually very clean and pet-friendly. Great place to engage in the outdoors, see some birds, and hangout.
Great public park! A hidden gem on Main St. It boasts a disc golf course, softball fields, playground, basketball and tennis courts, covered pavilion area, & an Outdoor Amphitheater! Love it!!
Great park with a fun 18 hole old school layout disc golf course. It also has a nice fenced in dog park connected to it.
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