South Carolina is a geographically diverse place, and can be described in terms of regions. Regions are conceptual constructs used by geographers and others, to bring order to the complexity of the landscape and its communities.
Click on the links below to learn more about the various regions which help describe and define South Carolina.
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Aerial photograph courtesy of SC Dept. of Natural Resources, Map Lab Featured Artists: Billie Anne McKellar | Peter Werner | Petroglyphs | Steven Ferrell The mountainous upstate transitions into the...
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Aerial photograph courtesy of SC Dept. of Natural Resources, Map Lab Featured Artists: Brian Rust | Janet Orselli | Leslie Pierce The Sandhills is a band of 100,000 million year old sand dunes and...
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Santee Cooper Country is made up of the five counties of Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg and Sumter. Visit lakes and rivers, museums, parks, flower gardens, plantation homes, nature trails...
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South Carolina's Upcountry is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and includes the following counties: Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens and Spartanburg. There are...
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Thoroughbred Country includes Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg and Barnwell counties in Western South Carolina. Equestrian activities are very popular here.
