Rocky Branch Seasonal Campground (SC)
- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- Sites
- 10All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Rocky Branch Seasonal Campground is located on the Enoree Ranger District of Sumter National Forest. It's location in the southeastern corner of the district in Fairfield County. The Broad River flows near the area, a couple miles west of Rocky Branch. It offers seasonal camping opportunities to hunt whitetail deer and wild turkey during big game deer and turkey seasons. The campground is situated on hilly terrain in a dense pine forest with an elevation of approximately 500 feet. Long hot summers and mild winters are the norm for the Enoree Ranger District. Early winter temperatures range from low 40's to upper 60's degrees and summer temperatures range from high 80's to high 90's. Keep reading
Recreation
Rocky Branch is a seasonal hunt camp on the Enoree Ranger District open mid-September through early January for big game deer season and the month of April for spring turkey season. Wild turkey and deer can be found in the area. The area offers opportunities for wildlife viewing, as well as appreciation of the Piedmont forest and scenery.
Facilities
Rocky Branch Seasonal Camp offers a primitive camp setting with one campground loop. The road is flat and graveled and is easily traveled. The campground has ten campsites. Campsites consist of a shady grassy area with a rock fire ring. Many sites will only accommodate smaller camper trailers or tents. The campground doesn't provide picnic tables, electricity or wifi and cell coverage is sporadic. No hookups available. There is a minimum of one person and a maximum of eight people allowed per site. There is a minimum of one vehicle plus camper with a maximum of two vehicles plus two campers or two tents or one camper and one tent per site if the site will accommodate them. Many of these sites will only accommodate one vehicle with one camper. Golf carts are not allowed.
Natural Features
Rocky Branch is surrounded by forest and hilly terrain. It's located in the piedmont of South Carolina. The creek that gives the campground its name flows south of the campground parallel to Rocky Creek, located north of the campground. Both creeks merge and flow into the Broad River west of the campground.
Nearby Attractions
Olde English Tourism District- oldeenglish.com. Find upcoming events, restaurants, artists, farmers markets in surrounding Fairfield County. Charges & Cancellations
What the agency tells you
Care should be taken in the woods during big-game season, wear blaze orange or bright colors, September through December 31st during deer season and the month of April for turkey season.
Cell phone coverage is sporadic and unreliable. No wifi available.
Campsites have a grassy area with a fire ring with some having lanterns.
Everything else this campground posts · 6
Place trash in receptacle provided, not the fire ring.
Pets are allowed but may not be left unattended and must be on a maximum 6ft leash at all times within the campground.
Don’t move firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
A valid South Carolina fishing or hunting license is required to fish or hunt on the national forests. The U.S. Forest Service does not issue any licenses or permits for hunting or fishing. Please visit the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Web site for license and regulations information. Visit www.dnr.sc.gov for more about the SCDNR.
Golf carts are not allowed.
No hookups available.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 10
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 49 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Around the campground
- On the water
- River, Creek
- Night sky · 15th darkest of 37 in SC
- Bortle 4
- Cell signal · Cell signal · Forest Service says
- Spotty
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What you actually pay
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
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rules read Sep 9, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
10 sites
All 10 sites
| Rocky Branch | Site 01 | standard nonelectric | 49 ft |
| Rocky Branch | Site 02 | standard nonelectric | |
| Rocky Branch | Site 03 | standard nonelectric | |
| Rocky Branch | Site 04 | standard nonelectric | |
| Rocky Branch | Site 05 | standard nonelectric | |
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| Rocky Branch | Site 10 | standard nonelectric |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Collins Creek Seasonal Campground (SC)Sumter National Forest · 12 mi
Woods Ferry Campground (SC)Sumter National Forest · 20 miWoods Ferry Recreation AreaSumter National Forest · 20 mi
Brick House Campground (SC)Sumter National Forest · 22 mi
Poulous Loop Group Campground (SC)Sumter National Forest · 23 mi
Sedalia Campground (SC)Sumter National Forest · 27 miFrom Interstate 26 and Highway 34 (exit 74 off interstate): Take Highway 34 east towards Winnsboro 16.2 miles. Turn left onto Cooper Holmes Rd., Forest Service Road 412, and drive 1.6 miles to campground entrance on left.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Jenkinsville, SC
Typical weather
Typical October night 50°F, day 74°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 31°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Rocky Branch Seasonal Campground (SC) is in South Carolina’s 5th congressional district. Its representative, Ralph Norman (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →
How we know
every fact on this page, and where it came from
“…provide picnic tables, electricity or wifi and cell coverage is sporadic. No hookups available. There is a minimum of one person and a…”