Congaree National Park
Mosquito Meter in Congaree National Park. The park officials told us that although funny it is also very serious. Congaree National Park near Hopkins, SC Now, we are heading back to Nebraska to visit more with family and go on another Christmas vacation. So we always look ahead to see if there is anything we want to see that is not tooooo far out of the way. Well a days drive is never too far. We mapped it and found some good barbecue and a couple of National Parks. Flooded boardwalk in Congaree National Park First stop, Congaree National Park. I must admit I had never heard of Congaree and I sure didn't know South Carolina had a national park. They do have one and it is worth visiting if you like natural wet lands and swamps like we do. We were both raised around areas like this with gators and mosquitos and birds galore. Most of the trails were closed due to flooding and even the boardwalk was not immune to nature's wrath. The interpretive cente...