Photographed from Little Hunting Island looking south shows the homes of Fripp Island through the tangled trees overtaken by the surf as seen on on Aug. 4, 2023 at South Carolina’s Hunting ...

GETTING THERE: Hunting Island is about 600 miles from Washington, about an 11-hour drive. Take I-95 to South Carolina Exit 33, then go east on Route 17 to Route 21 to its end. WHERE TO STAY ...

Mary Dimitrov Thirty-five years ago, Jessica Plavic’s mom picked Hunting Island State Park out of a travel book. Almost every year since, she has made the trip from Ohio to South Carolina ...

Lemon or bull shark, the Hunting Island State Park assistant ranger quickly surmised. South Carolina State Park Service assistant ranger Candra Workman draws a circle around ocean sediment on ...

I realized that Hunting Island had given me something none of the others could quite match — complete peace. While it’s not exactly beach camping in Florida, packing for South Carolina’s ...

Dune erosion at Beach Access #1 at Hunting Island’s south beach post-Tropical Storm Idalia in Beaufort County, South Carolina, on Friday, Sept. 2023. Sarah Haselhorst Two days after Idalia hit ...

Hunting Island light was decommissioned in 1933 but became the main attraction for the most popular South Carolina State park, until it closed in 2022. South Carolina State Park Director ...

Looking north with the Harbor Island Bridge at the top of the photo, South Carolina’s Hunting Island State Park beaches, right, are only a sliver at high tide as seen on Aug. 4, 2023.

But the beach she loves is disappearing, and it may not be a natural process. South Carolina’s effort to slow erosion on other parts of Hunting Island’s beach — including the area near its signature ...

South Carolina’s effort to slow erosion on other parts of Hunting Island’s beach — including the area near its signature lighthouse — has taken a toll on the south end, scientists say.