Hopkins, South Carolina – Congaree National Park

Akos Kriston of Budapest, Hungary took this photo at the Congaree National Park in June 2006.

South Carolina's only national park, the Congaree National Park is located about 20 miles southeast of Columbia along the Congaree River. The largest old-growth floodplain forest on the continent, the Congaree swamp is home to towering trees and teeming wildlife.