What locals are saying
Charleston-area locals consistently treat Folly Beach County Park as their preferred family beach, prizing the west-end location's wider, less-crowded shoreline and rare dual Atlantic Ocean/Folly River frontage over the busier main-strip accesses. The $20 summer parking fee is the single most recurring friction point across Yelp and TripAdvisor reviews, though Gold Pass holders sidestep it entirely and the broad amenity package—snack bar, rentals, lifeguards, boardwalks—is widely seen as fair value. Special draws like SC Aquarium sea-turtle releases, productive shark-tooth and shell hunting, and photogenic spots like the Pelican Pavilion and the Wishing Tree keep locals coming back season after season, making it one of the most-visited county parks in the Lowcountry.
