Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests · South Carolina
Overview Buck Hall Recreation Area offers a premier location to enjoy the outdoors. It is situated along the Intracoastal Waterway and provides great access to Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, 65,000 acres of marsh, tidal creeks and beaches; and Bulls Bay, the coast's best shrimp baiting area. Recreation The area is primarily used for shrimp baiting and fishing.
Sites at Buck Hall Recreation Area are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 20 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Tent only, Group, Picnic area |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Huger, SC |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
ItOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Buck Hall Recreation Area around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Collins Creek Seasonal Campground (SC) | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Cherry Hill Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Brick House Campground (SC) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Whetstone Horse Camp | Cancellation alerts available |
| Woods Ferry Campground (SC) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sedalia Campground (SC) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Rocky Branch Seasonal Campground (SC) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cassidy Bridge Primitive Camp | Cancellation alerts available |
| Poulous Loop Group Campground (SC) | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Buck Hall Recreation Area; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.