Edisto Beach State Park is very nice, right on the beach, I think
about 45 minutes S of Charleston.  Hunting Island SP is one of my
favorite places on earth, even further S. Probably an hour from
Charleston.
http://www.flickr.com/search/?ss=2&w=40051254%40N00&q=huntingisland&m=text
hope that works.
Edward

At 07:32 PM 4/4/2011, Stephen Grisanti wrote:
>We'll be attending a seminar in North Charleston in mid-May and were
>planning to camp and explore the area leading up to the seminar
>days, but there do not seem to be any places to camp.  One county
>park is mentioned but nothing more about its camping venue is
>available.  Roadhaus.com has nothing for the entire state.
>
>The tourist bureau info package has nothing on camping (plenty on
>golf, however) but a big-bucks-per-night RV park.  I used to work
>for a SC-based company and have my own ideas about the place going
>back many years, but wonder if fellow listees could possibly
>recommend a nice place for a Westy couple to plant themselves for a
>few days.  We may wind up driving the Civic and plushing it at a
>motel in town, instead.
>
>Thanks!
>Stephen