Landsford Canal State Park

Amenities:  Handicap Accessibility, Restrooms, Information Available, Canoeing, Fishing, Hiking, Picnic Facilities

Unique Features:  This 460-acre park along the Catawba River teems with wildlife from salamanders and turtles, to river otters and muskrats, to ospreys and bald eagles.  Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the park includes some of the best preserved 19th-century river canals in South Carolina, stone bridges, locks, an historic mill site, and a lockkeeper’s house.  Two miles of trails lead along the river and the canal system, which during the 1820’s was the height of cotton barge travel.  The park’s mature floodplain forest of oaks, sweetgums, hickories, and river birch provide excellent habitat for migrating birds and breeding species such as prothonotary warbler and scarlet tanager.  The unique rocky shoals are home to the world’s largest population of the rare rocky shoals spider lily which in late spring covers the river in a spectacular blanket of white. 

Habitats:  Floodplain Forest

Seasonal Information:  Spider lilies peak bloom between mid-May and mid-June.  Bald eagles nest late winter and early spring.  Peak neotropical migratory birds in early April to mid-May and mid-September to early October. 

Additional Information:  Interpretive exhibits about the canal system in the historic lockkeeper’s house.  Nominal park entrance fee charged. 

Directions:  From Interstate 77, Exit 77.  Turn left on S.C. 21 and travel approximately 16 miles.  Turn left on Landsford Road and travel 1.5 miles to the park entrance

.Landsord Canal State Park Map

Hours:  Thursday - Monday 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Contact Information:
Landsford Canal State Park
2051 Park Drive
Catawba, SC  29704
803-789-5800
Landsford Canal State Park