Orangeburg City

The Orangeburg City Boat Ramp provides public access to the North Fork Edisto River in Orangeburg, located near Highway 601 and 4, across from Orangeburg Municipal Airport. This access point serves as an important launching location for kayakers, canoeists, and motorboaters exploring the North Fork, which meanders through the Atlantic Coastal Plain before joining the South Fork to form the main stem Edisto River. The area is situated approximately 77 miles northwest of Charleston.

The North Fork Edisto offers roughly 66 miles of paddling with approximately 310 total unobstructed river miles when combined with the South Fork down to the Atlantic Ocean. Paddlers should note that public boating access begins at Poole's Mill Landing, about 67 miles upstream. For trip planning and to identify other access points along the Edisto River Basin by section and river mileage, consult available Edisto access guides and Paddle SC's online map resources. For more information, contact the Orangeburg National Fish Hatchery at (803) 534-4828.

The Orangeburg National Fish Hatchery was established in 1911. The hatchery produces a variety of warm-water freshwater fish, including: striped bass (South Carolina’s state fish), redbreast sunfish, American shad, and lake sturgeon. These fish are stocked annually in reservoirs, lakes, rivers and coastal streams across the Southeast United States.
Orangeburg National Fish Hatchery also...

The Orangeburg National Fish Hatchery was established in 1911. The hatchery produces a variety of warm-water freshwater fish, including: striped bass (South Carolina’s state fish), redbreast sunfish, American shad, and lake sturgeon. These fish are stocked annually in reservoirs, lakes, rivers and coastal streams across the Southeast United States.
Orangeburg National Fish Hatchery also produces the critically endangered Carolina heelsplitter mussel. These endangered mussels are raised at the Orangeburg Mussel Conservation Center which is part of the hatchery.

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