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Explore Ridge Road Campground: Scenic Peninsula Retreat on J. Strom Thurmond Lake

Explore Ridge Road Campground: Scenic Peninsula Retreat on J. Strom Thurmond Lake Explore Ridge Road Campground: Scenic Peninsula Retreat on J. Strom Thurmond Lake Classic South Appling

Ridge Road Campground is located on a scenic peninsula on J. Strom Thurmond Lake, and is one of the area's first campgrounds. The 70,000-acre lake and its 1,000+ miles of shoreline provide excellent boating, water skiing, swimming, fishing, hiking and picnicking.

Ridge Road Campground features a boat ramp, dump station, electrical hook-ups, beach, playground, bathhouse and fish cleaning station. Hot, humid summers and mild, pleasant winters characterize this heavily wooded area on the shore of Thurmond Lake. A mixed pine and hardwood forest covers the site, providing summer shade and fall color.  Wildlife is abundant around the lake. Visitors regularly see southern bald eagles, migratory waterfowl and wild turkeys. The Ridge Road area is home to many families of whitetail deer.


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