We recommend FATZ restaurant with South Carolina regional cuisine and bar across the street and Ruby Tuesdays, one block away. The fascinating (free admission) Edisto Memorial Gardens and simple life of Orangeburg’s Historic Downtown are within 5 minutes where Orangeburg vacation travelers can sense the enthusiasm of President William Howard Taft’s Whistle Stop in downtown Orangeburg SC. Map link.

• Albarmale Corporation (5 miles)
• Allied Air
• Associated Chemists (9 miles)
• Bellview Farms. Po Box 367, Summerton, SC 29148 on South Carolina Beef Board 803- 478-2844
• Bellview Stables / Bellview Goat Emporium (2.5 miles)
• Boer Goat farms
• Boone Hall Plantation (62 miles)
• Buck Ridge Plantation
• Carpenter Technology (5 miles)
• Chestnut Bar and Grill – (3 Miles)
• Claflin University (4 miles)
• Cypress Gardens (50 miles)
• Dana Corporation
• Dennis Wildlife Center (40 miles)
• DMC Prints (9 miles)
• Doane Products Company (9 miles)
• Edisto Memorial Rose Gardens (5 miles)
• Electrolux Consumer Outdoor Products (5 miles)
• Fatz Cafe (0.1 miles)
• Federal Mogul Powertrain (9 miles)
• Gulbrandsen Manufacturing (9 miles)
• Koyo Corporation USA (2 miles)
• Modern Machine Works (2 miles)
• Orangeburg Fish Hatchery and Aquarium (10 miles)
• Orangeburg Technical College (1 mile)
• Fort Watson (25 miles)
• Hillcrest Golf Course (2 miles)
• Horne Wetlands Park (4 miles)
• Lake Marion (30 Miles)
• Lake Moultrie (40 miles)
• Landstar Ranger Inc.
• North Airbase (12 miles)
• Old Santee Canal Park (45 miles)
• Orangeburg Pecan Company
• Pinewood Riding Center, 1845 Benjamin Blvd, Orangeburg, SC, 29118-1205, 803- 536-6796
• Poinsett State Park (25 miles)
• Prince of Orange Mall (5 miles)
• Regional Medical Center/Hospital (1 mile)
• Riverbanks Zoo (38 miles)
• Santee Cooper Lakes (30 miles)
• Santee State Park (50 miles)
• Shaw Air Force Base (40 miles)
• South Carolina State Parks
• South Carolina State University (4 miles)
• Swan Lake Iris Gardens (40 Miles)
• Tribor International Trading
• Zeus Industrial Products (9 miles)

Ducks and Geese: Feb. 15 - April 1 Oct. 25 - Dec. 15; Shorebirds: April 15 - May 20 Aug. 10 - Oct. 15; Other birds: April 1 - May 20 Sept. 10 - Oct. 31. According to US Fish and Wildlife Service, there are currently 51.3 million birders in the United States alone, and this number continues to grow! www.sc-heritagecorridor.org

Bird watching at Edisto Memorial Gardens and along the Edisto River is nature’s homeland to upland birds, birds of pray, waterfowl, wading birds and songbirds.
A birding vacation spot in South Carolina might include birding during the Christmas Bird Count in the Francis Beidler Audubon Forest near St. George, South Carolina. The bird watch count is always held December 14 through January 5. Audubon has protected 15,000 acres of nearby Four Holes Swamp and Brosnan Forest, the largest privately owned Red-cockaded Woodpecker habitat in North America (16,000 acres +/-)

Orangeburg National Fish Hatchery hosts herons, white ibis, wood stork, and purple gallinule.
Located on US #21, just outside of Yemassee, SC, the Combahee River and its tributaries are well known for abundant bird life. During the fall and winter, eagles and waterfowl are common. Spring brings migratory songbirds and numerous ospreys and Mississippi kites. Cruising alligators are common during the warmer months. The river borders several segments of the ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge and there are many old broken-banked rice fields available for exploration. Visitors may recognize scenery from the movie "Forrest Gump" as they paddle the river. Freshwater fishing for redbreast and largemouth bass is excellent.