South Carolina Landmarks Map
A free printable illustrated map of South Carolina for kids. It shows 8 landmarks and natural places and 4 industries where they really are, along with the state symbols, 5 cities and a box of key facts. It comes in color and in ink-saving black and white, sized for US Letter paper.
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Color or black and white.
Both are free, sized for US Letter paper, and come as a PDF to print or a PNG image for slides.
Color
The full-color map, for a wall display or a color printer.
Black and white
The same map with no color or shading. Prints cleanly on a classroom printer and saves ink.
What is on the South Carolina map
Every picture sits at its real location in South Carolina, with a one-line fact beside it. Columbia, the capital, is marked with a star.
Landmarks and natural places
- Sassafras Mountain: The highest point in the state at 3,553 feet.
- Chattooga River: A wild river famous for whitewater rafting.
- Congaree National Park: Protects the largest old-growth bottomland forest.
- Lake Marion: The largest lake in the state at 110,000 acres.
- Fort Sumter: The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.
- Darlington Raceway: The first paved superspeedway opened here in 1950.
- Gullah Geechee Culture: Preserves West African language and traditions.
- South Carolina Tobacco: Mullins was once a major tobacco market.
What South Carolina makes and grows
- Peach Orchards: The state ranks second in fresh peach production.
- Textile Mills: Water-powered mills once spun cotton into cloth.
- Pee Dee Cotton Fields: Darlington County is a top producer of cotton.
- Charleston Tea Garden: The only large-scale tea garden in the nation.
State symbols
- Carolina Wren: This active songbird sings all year round.
- Yellow Jessamine: This sweet-smelling vine is highly poisonous.
- Sabal Palmetto: Its spongy wood helped defeat British warships.
- Spotted Salamander: Chosen in 1999 after third graders asked.
South Carolina key facts
From the box on the map
- Nickname
- The Palmetto State
- Capital
- Columbia
- Largest city
- Charleston
- Became a state
- May 23, 1788 (8th)
- State bird
- Carolina wren
- State flower
- Yellow jessamine
- State tree
- Sabal palmetto
- Motto
- While I breathe, I hope
Cities shown
- Columbia (capital)
- Charleston
- Greenville
- Rock Hill
- Florence
The outline, rivers and cities are drawn from map data. Pictures of crops and industries are placed in a part of the state where each is typical.