West Ashley Park

"A lovely park with many trails and is open year round. Highly recommend."

"What a great find! I took my dog for a walk here, and we explored this large park. There were plenty of bathrooms throughout the ball fields. We walked the road for a while and then walked some trails around a small pond. Of course, the dog needed to get into the water! We stumbled upon the frisbee golf course as well, and they have a few playgrounds for kids. They also have an area with picnic tables and grills."

"There are plenty of ball and soccer fields. There is a place to walk around the water. The paths were muddy and people were parked around and made me feel a bit nervous. There is garbage in the water- so sad."

"Nice park but some people here are stuck ups. My toddler had my camera on, aimlessly taking pictures of the floor and some nerdy looking dad came over to complain. I showed him no pictures of him where there but I told him I'd delete them all. Some ppl need to get off their high horse. Dude acting like he was Brad Pitt or something. It's a toddler playing and discovering. Here's a cute picture of him. My toddler, not the carrot that got mad."

"If you want to hike or disc golf in a genuine swamp, subtropical environment and you’re not from around here, I definitely say you should check this place out! My only complaints are that after Hole 6 on the disc golf course it gets quite confusing. After Hole 7 the order is unintelligible and I decided to quit since I couldn’t find Hole 8 and ended up playing some unidentified hole. Also it was getting dark. Which brings me to the next point that the hours are very unclear as well. Signs say that it’s dawn to dusk, yet Google says it closes at 8 PM and people were still at the park with their cars at dusk. Still, I didn’t want to risk getting locked in there (it does say they lock the gates) since you have to call the cops to get out, though the police station is literally right next door so it probably wouldn’t take long… I wouldn’t risk a fine or something for bad hours and unclear labeling though. Even in December there seem to be gnats and mosquitos… but I certainly won’t complain about swamp conditions in a disc golf course called “Fire Swamp”! The course and area is honestly gorgeous, it’s just very oppressive humidity so you might want to bring bug spray and be prepared to get worn out even in winter months. Again, if you’re not from around here, Charleston is a 9a climate zone and so it’s even more subtropical than other areas of South Carolina or even Georgia for that matter… it’s a must-see if you like wetlands!"