MANNING FACTS AND WELCOME INFORMATION

Clarendon County, South Carolina is located on the northern shore of Lake Marion. I-95 bisects the county and allows visitors convenient exits to investigate the southern beauty, hospitality and charm Clarendon County offers.
It was named after South Carolina Congressman and governor Richard I. Manning.

Manning is a cozy city in Clarendon County. Our Manning agents would like to welcome you to our community. This county offer a wide variety of recreational activities, historical sites and beautiful landscapes. Whether you're looking for a fast paced vacation or just a place to kick up your feet, relax and watch the sunset, Clarendon County has it all.

We are proud of our rich history and Southern flavor and invite you all to come visit for awhile or stay forever.

Recreation

Clarendon Golf and Country Club
One of Santee-Cooper Country's oldest courses
Par: 72
Grass Type: Bermuda overseeded with rye in winter
Description: Located in a beautiful pine forest setting. Signature hole - 136 yard Par 3 - 9th. Pro shop, snack bar, putting green, driving range, carts, lessons and club rentals.
803-435-8752

Foxboro Golf Club
Par: 72
Grass Type: Bermuda overseeded with Winter Rye.
Description: Nestled on the shore of Lake Marion in the Taw Caw Creek area known as Goat Island. Pro shop, snack bar, putting green, driving range, carts, lessons and club rentals.
803-478-7000, 1-800-468-7061

Players Course at Wyboo Plantation
Par: 72
Grass Type: Bermuda greens and fairways overseeded with Poatrivailis in
winter
Description: Exceptional 18 hole championship course. Located near Lake Marion. This course has its own 35 acre spring-fed lake. Driving range, puting green, snack bar, carts and lessons.
803-478-2500, 1-800-538-0623

Royal Oaks Golf Club
Par: 72
Grass Type: Tifton II overseeded with Rye in winter.
Description: In Santee Cooper Country, Royal Oaks Golf Course is surrounded by native foliage. This course has more elevation than any course in the area. Signature hole - all water - 15th. Driving range, putting green, snack bar, carts and lessons.
803-478-7272, 1-800-522-5075

Wyboo Golf Club
Players Course Drive, Manning
Par: 72
Grass Type: Pif Eagle on greens and Pifway II fairways.
Description: Exceptional 18 hole championship course. Signature hole #4 over lake, wellbunkered. Santee Cooper Country's newest course, opened October 1, 1999. Driving range, putting green, snack bar, carts and lessons.
803-478-7899, 1-888-245-9300

Hunting Areas

Santee Cooper Game Management Areas - Orangeburg County new Eutaw Springs
803-825-3387
Santee Wildlife Refuge - Clarendon County on the north side of Lake Marion
803-478-2217
Moultrie Management Area - Berkeley County on the northern shore of Lake Moultrie 803-825-3387
Francis Marion National Forest - Berkeley County - Over 249,000 acres. Five game management units
Manchester State Forest - Sumter county 803-494-8196
Upper Lake Marion - Approximately 20,000 acres of inland duck hunting over swamps and flat.

The Santee Cooper lake system consists of two lakes, Marion 110,600 acres and Moultrie 60,400. They vary form shallow swamps and black water ponds to vast open water with a multitude of underwater structures. Lake Marion was not completely cleared, as a result, fishermen will find there are thousands of stumps, standing dead tree trunks and live cypress trees. Lake Moultrie is more open and is 14 miles across at its widest point. The lakes do not ice over during the winter and there is no closed season for fishing. Weather permitting, fishermen can fish year 'round.

Events

March 24-25, 2007 Wildlife Expo, American Revolutionary Living History Encampment and 6th Celebration of "Victory at Fort Watson", Santee National Wildlife Refuge, Summerton, SC.

4th Francis Marion Symposium October 27-28, 2006
Francis Marion Symposium commemorates the 225th anniversary for the Rev. War campaigns in the South 1781, The War Changes, Victory in the South.


Twenty-Seventh Annual 2006
Striped Bass Festival
April 22-30, 2006
Clarendon County's Striped Bass Festival is a celebration of Spring
and a tribute to the beauty of our county.
It's our special salute to the Striped Bass, which put the Santee Cooper Lakes,
Marion and Moultrie, and Clarendon County on the fishing maps of the world.

Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce

Contact: chamber@clarendoncounty.com