State Park
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Managed by South Carolina Parks, Recreation & Tourism
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- Woods Bay — official page
Operator-published page with current visitor information.
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- Operator:(843) 659-4445
- Address:11020 Woods Bay Rd, Olanta, SC 29114 · SC
About
A state park that protects a Carolina Bay, with a boardwalk through pines, cypress-tupelo swamp and shrub bog. Watch for alligators and other wildlife along the way.
Source: southcarolinaparks.com
From Wikipedia
Woods Bay State Park is a state park located near the town of Olanta in Florence County, South Carolina. The park contains some of the last remaining large Carolina Bays. Recent work by the U.S. Geological Survey has interpreted the Carolina Bays as relict thermokarst lakes that formed several thousands of years ago when the climate was colder, drier, and windier. Thermokarst lakes develop by thawing of frozen ground (permafrost) and by subsequent modification by wind and water. Thus, this interpretation suggests that permafrost once extended as far south as the Carolina Bays during the last ice age and (or) previous ice ages.
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