What to Bring and
How to Get Here

What to Wear/Bring:

• Outdoor clothing (ex: jeans, T-shirt, sneakers, jacket, hat)
• Sunglasses
• Camera
• Bug spray
• Lunch/Drink (no refrigeration is available)
• Water (no water is available at the ACE Basin field station; a few water fountains are located in the lab at Fort Johnson in Charleston)

What NOT to Wear/Bring:

• Skirts, dresses, open-toed shoes, high-heeled shoes, flip-flops or loose clothing
• Drugs, alcohol, guns, knives or any other weapon
• CDs, Walkman, IPOD, games or other electronic devices (items will not be allowed during program and must be left on the bus if brought).
• Valuable jewelry or personal items

Directions:

To Fort Johnson:

Take I-26 East. Take the 221 B exit heading toward King St. and Savannah. It is a double-laned exit—get into the lane heading toward Savannah. Go about a mile and after you pass by a few fast-food restaurants and gas stations, look for a sign on your right for Lockwood Drive. Veer to the right heading toward Lockwood Drive. Get in far left hand lane and turn left at the stoplight onto Lockwood Drive. Stay in this lane and it will route you up onto Hwy 30 (a bridge) toward James Island/Folly Beach. Take the Harborview Road exit. Turn right onto Harborview Road and go 2-3 miles until you reach a stop sign. Turn left onto Fort Johnson Road. Take Fort Johnson road until it dead ends into the SCDNR complex. Go through the gates and over two speed bumps. Go ¼ mile and look for a three-story white house on your left named the Marshlands House. The Program Coordinator will be out front to direct you to the appropriate parking area.

To Michael D. McKenzie Field Station (ACE Basin):

From Charleston, Dorchester or Berkeley Counties, get on Hwy 17 heading south. Look for a sign for Bennett’s Point and Bear Island, and turn left at the sign onto Bennett’s Point Road
From Colleton or Beaufort Counties, get on Hwy 17 heading north (if coming from Colleton, take Hwy 303 to Hwy 17 and head north). Look for a sign for Bennett’s Point and Bear Island, and turn right at the sign onto Bennett’s Point Road

Then:
Go approximately 16 miles where the road will curve sharply to the right, and you will pass a small brick fire station on your left. The Michael D. McKenzie Field Station will be on your left soon after the fire station.. Turn into the gate and park in front of the building in any of the available spaces. If you get to B&B Seafood, you’ve gone too far and are just past the field station.

To Edisto Interpretive Center:

From Charleston, Dorchester or Berkeley Counties, get on Hwy 17 heading south. Turn left onto Hwy 174 heading toward Edisto Beach State Park.

From Colleton or Beaufort Counties, get on Hwy 17 heading north. turn right onto 174 heading toward Edisto Beach State Park.

Then:
Stay on Hwy 174 for approximately 20 miles. After about 20-22 miles you will pass the Edisto Post Office, the Atwood Agency, and the Edisto Super Market (which is now closed), all on the right. Look for a brown sign on your right for the Edisto Interpretive Center. Turn right onto Palmetto Road, and go approximately 1.5 miles down this road. Take your first left onto a dirt road (if you go too far, you will enter into a subdivision called "The Neck"). There will be a brown sign advertising Live Oak Landing and the Edisto Interpretive Center. Be careful turning left--this is a blind curve and people speed around it! Drive past the iron ranger check station and keep going straight on the dirt road until you see the Edisto Interpretive Center sign on your right. Turn right and follow the road around to the center and parking area.