Childsbury Towne Heritage Preserve

Childsbury Towne Heritage Preserve (Strawberry Chapel)
Berkeley County
1046 Strawberry Chapel Rd, Moncks Corner, SC 29461
And
Bonneau Ferry Wildlife Management Area
Berkeley County
SC-402, Cordesville, SC 29434
Regional Director: Paul Kalbach

Note: Strawberry Chapel is a private historical site next to the Heritage Preserve. While we do not have access to the property, it is clearly visible from the road and low fence allows for photos of the chapel and cemetery.

Childsbury Towne Heritage Preserve is a property managed by the SC Department of Natural Resources
https://www2.dnr.sc.gov/ManagedLands/ManagedLand/ManagedLand/29
The property is small but contains a number of interesting features. The property sits between the Strawberry Chapel property and the Cooper River. There is one main trail running from the parking area to the river where there is a large dock overlooking the water. Immediately upriver is the rail drawbridge just below Pimlico and just downriver are old rice fields of Rice Hope Plantation (bring your scopes). Adjoining the Strawberry Chapel property is a field of
tall grass (higher than my head) and some mature live oaks. The trail is wide, clear and well-maintained.

Bonneau Ferry Wildlife Management Area is an 11,000 acre property managed by SCDNR. The property borders the Francis Marion National Forest and the west branch of the Cooper River. It is made up of hardwood bottomland, small lakes and the remains of a rice plantation dating back to the 1700s.

Links for more information can be found in the September newsletter.

Directions:
To Childsbury Towne Heritage Preserve
From Charleston – 58 min (40.7 mi)
Take US-17 N, SC-41 N, SC-402 W and Sawmill Rd to State Rd S-8-44/Strawberry Ferry Rd in
Berkeley County
1. US-17 to Mount Pleasant via N/Arthur Ravenel Jr Bridge
2. Keep left to continue on US-17 N
Pass by Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers (on the right in 4.5 mi)
3. Use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto SC-41 N – 5.4 mi
4. Continue onto Clements Ferry Rd/State Rd S-8-33 – 0.1 mi
5. Turn right onto SC-41 N – continue 11.7 mi
6. Turn left onto SC-402 W – 7.6 mi
7. Turn left onto Sawmill Rd – 4.0 mi
8. Turn left onto State Rd S-8-44/Strawberry Ferry Rd – 0.4 mi
9. Continue onto Comingtee Rd – 0.1 mi
10. Turn right onto Strawberry Chapel Rd – 0.3 mi
11. Arrive at Childsbury Towne Heritage Preserve

To Childsbury Towne Heritage Preserve
From Columbia – 1 h 4 min (66.3 mi)
Follow I-26 E and US-301 N to Orangeburg County
1. I-26 E toward Charleston
2. Take exit 154B to merge onto US-301 N toward Santee
3. Continue straight – 1.6 mi
4. Turn right onto SC-6 E – 7.7 mi
5. Slight right onto Galliard St – 0.6 mi
6. Turn right onto Porcher Ave – 0.2 mi
7. Turn left onto Dawson St/State Rd S-38-136 – 0.7 mi
8. Continue straight onto Addidas St/State Rd S-38-136 – 7.1 mi
9. Turn right onto County Line Rd/State Rd S-8-59 – 3.2 mi
10. Turn left onto SC-311 E – 5.2 mi
11. Turn left onto SC-6 W – 300ft
12. Turn right onto SC-6 – 11.9
13. Turn left onto N Live Oak Dr – 1.4 mi
14. Use the left 2 lanes to turn slightly left onto US-17 ALT N/US-52 W/N U.S. Hwy 52
Pass by Wendy’s (on the left in 0.7 mi)
15. Turn right onto SC-402 E – 2.0 mi
16. Turn right onto Dr Evans Rd/State Rd S-8-44 – 5.6 mi
Continue to follow State Rd S-8-44
17. Continue onto Strawberry Ferry Rd – 1.5 mi
18. Continue onto Comingtee Rd – 0.1 mi
19. Turn right onto Strawberry Chapel Rd – 0.3 mi
20. Arrive at Childsbury Towne Heritage Preserve

To Bonneau Ferry Wildlife Management Area from Childsbury Towne Heritage Preserve
1046 Strawberry Chapel Rd, Moncks Corner, SC 29461
1. Head northeast on Strawberry Chapel Rd toward Comingtee Rd – 0.3 mi
2. Turn left onto Comingtee Rd – 0.1 mi
3. Continue onto State Rd S-8-44/Strawberry Ferry Rd – 0.4 mi
4. Turn right onto Sawmill Rd – 4.0 mi
5. Turn right onto SC-402 E – 1.2 mi
6. Turn right onto 3 Mile Rd – 1.5 mi
7. Arrive at Bonneau Ferry Wildlife Management Area
SC-402, Cordesville, SC 29434

Dinner
El Maguey Mexican
Lots of room and a big menu. Menu is available online.
http://elmagueymexican.com/
401 Barony St
Moncks Corner, SC 29461
(843) 761-2947