Mount Pleasant / Charleston KOA Holiday Blog
Fall Looks Better From a Campsite. Reserve Your October Stay!
Whether you’re exploring the local area or hanging out at the campground, KOA Holidays are an ideal place to relax and play. There’s plenty to do, with amenities and services to make your stay memorable. Plus, you’ll enjoy the outdoor experience with upgraded RV Sites with KOA Patio® and Deluxe Cabins with full baths for camping in comfort. Bring your family, bring your friends, or bring the whole group – there’s plenty of ways to stay and explore.
Whether you’re exploring the local area or hanging out at the campground, KOA Holidays are an ideal place to relax and play. There’s plenty to do, with amenities and services to make your stay memorable. Plus, you’ll enjoy the outdoor experience with upgraded RV Sites with KOA Patio® and Deluxe Cabins with full baths for camping in comfort. Bring your family, bring your friends, or bring the whole group – there’s plenty of ways to stay and explore.
We are conveniently located just off Highway 17 North.If you're arriving from Charleston, look for the KOA sign and ALDI, then turn right into the campground entrance.If you're arriving from Myrtle Beach, you will need to make a left turn across Highway 17 to enter the campground. Guests with larger RVs may find it easier to continue to the traffic light just past Walmart and turn left. After passing Walmart, turn left again, follow the road to the stop sign, and then turn right.Please note: Trees along this alternate route are maintained by the Town of Mount Pleasant and may occasionally have low-hanging branches. Guests with especially tall rigs should use caution.
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There's something special about Charleston in the fall.
The summer heat begins to loosen its grip, evenings start to beg for a campfire, and suddenly, spending the entire day outside sounds like a very good idea. Add historic Charleston, beautiful beaches, waterfront dining, Lowcountry scenery, and plenty of things to explore, and you have all the ingredients for an unforgettable fall getaway.
But here's the secret:
Don't just visit Charleston. At Mount Pleasant / Charleston KOA Holiday, you can spend the day exploring one of America's most fascinating destinations and then trade the busy streets, parking garages, and hotel hallways for a quiet campsite, glowing campfire, and an evening beside the lake. That might just be the best way to experience fall in the Lowcountry.
Charleston doesn't exactly turn into a sea of red and orange leaves each fall. This is the Lowcountry, after all. Palm trees and live oaks are part of the scenery year-round. But fall brings something arguably even better: beautiful weather for exploring. Instead of rushing from air-conditioning to air-conditioning, you can slow down and enjoy the city. Walk Charleston's historic streets. Wander along the Battery. Admire Rainbow Row. Explore the Charleston City Market. Grab lunch somewhere you've never tried before and simply enjoy being outside. And when October arrives, Charleston's centuries of history make the city feel especially appropriate for the Halloween season. Haunted tours, historic graveyards, and tales from Charleston's past can turn an ordinary sightseeing day into an October adventure.
One of the advantages of staying in Mount Pleasant is having several completely different Charleston experiences within reach. Want a beach day? Pack the chairs and head toward Isle of Palms or Sullivan's Island for a few hours of sand, ocean breezes and salt air. Fall can be a wonderful time to simply walk the shoreline, search for shells or sit and watch the waves without feeling like you have to spend the entire day in the water. Then come back to the campground, kick off the sandy shoes and settle in for the evening. Beach by day. Campfire by night. That's a combination a hotel has a hard time competing with.
If you want classic Lowcountry scenery, make time for Shem Creek. Walk the waterfront, watch the boats come and go, keep an eye out for dolphins and then grab a meal overlooking the water. It's the kind of place where you can easily spend a few hours without having much of an agenda. And that's exactly what a fall vacation should feel like. No rushing. No checklist with 47 attractions you absolutely must see before dinner. Just Charleston.
For history lovers, Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum makes an incredible addition to a Charleston getaway. Explore military history, walk aboard historic vessels and take in views of Charleston Harbor. Then cross back into Mount Pleasant and return to a completely different kind of scenery at your campsite. That contrast is one of our favorite things about staying here. You can pack a tremendous amount into your day and still have somewhere peaceful to retreat when the sightseeing is done.
October vacations should include at least a little pumpkin-spice energy. Visit a seasonal festival. Find a pumpkin patch or corn maze. Take a ghost tour. Explore Charleston after dark. Wander through a historic site beneath centuries-old oak trees. And, of course, check our campground activity schedule during your stay. Fall camping gives you something a traditional Charleston hotel vacation doesn't always provide: You're outside enough to actually notice the cooler evening air. You smell somebody's campfire. Kids are riding bikes. Dinner might happen around a picnic table instead of inside a restaurant. Suddenly you're not simply taking a trip in October. You're having a fall getaway.
Here's where things get interesting. You don't have to leave the campground every morning. Mount Pleasant / Charleston KOA Holiday sits on the beautiful grounds of historic Oakland Plantation, giving our campground a Lowcountry setting all its own. Take a walk along our 1.5-mile nature trail through wooded areas, former rice fields and salt marsh scenery. Spend some time beside the lake. Go catch-and-release fishing. Sit on a swing and do absolutely nothing for a while. Take one of our scheduled wagon rides to learn more about historic Oakland Plantation. Let the kids play while you finally finish the cup of coffee you reheated three times. A Charleston vacation doesn't need to be packed from sunrise until bedtime. Some of the best moments happen when there's nowhere you need to be.
Picture this. You've spent the day walking Charleston's historic streets. You stopped for something delicious. You explored the waterfront. Maybe you squeezed in a little shopping. Everyone's pleasantly tired. Now instead of walking into a hotel lobby and taking an elevator back to your room, you pull into the campground. The chairs come out. The fire gets going. Someone asks what's for dinner. The kids disappear toward the playground or start riding their bikes. Maybe you order a pizza and have it delivered right to your campsite. Maybe you cook outside. Maybe dessert involves marshmallows and significantly more chocolate than anyone needs. And suddenly the vacation slows down. That's the magic of making a campground your Charleston home base. The city gives you the adventure. The campground gives you somewhere to exhale afterward.
Bringing the RV? We've got you. Want a little more comfort? Choose a Deluxe Cabin with a private bathroom. Love the traditional camping experience? Our Classic Camping Cabins offer a cozy cabin atmosphere while keeping you close to our bathhouses and campground amenities. Want to sleep under the stars? Our primitive Tent Sites offer a traditional camping experience with fresh water conveniently available nearby. From simple camping to upgraded RV sites and cabins, you can build the fall getaway that works for your family.
There are plenty of places to sleep when you visit Charleston. But your lodging doesn't have to simply be where you keep your suitcase. It can be part of the memory. It can be morning coffee overlooking the campground. An evening walk beside the lake. Kids riding bikes until dinner. A glowing campfire after a day downtown. A quiet night beneath the trees. And waking up the next morning wondering whether today should be a beach day, a Charleston day...Or maybe a don't-leave-the-campground-at-all day. That sounds like fall vacation done right for us.
October is one of those months campers love, and popular weekends can disappear quickly. Reserve your RV Site, Cabin, or Tent Site at Mount Pleasant / Charleston KOA Holiday and make the campground part of your Charleston adventure.
Explore Charleston by day. Come home to the campground at night.
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