Hampton Park

Hampton park is a great place to go when you are in Charleston and want to stroll
Or just sit and enjoy some nature.
The grounds are lovely, and there are lots of places to relax and read a book, or just watch people.
A very nice park with nicely kept grounds.

Fantastic park with so much space for your pleasure. Also great fitness trail with workout stations along the way. The center of the park has a nice water feature and floral gardens that a in full bloom and floral aroma right now. Also some magnificent Live Oak trees, as well as beautiful Myrtles, Camellias, and two new stunning Peppermint Peach trees planted in honor of Joe Riley. Come here for a nice walk early in the morning before the heat gets to be too oppressive. If you’re more interested in the fitness aspect, in addition to the trail on the park grounds there is a loop around the park that is popular for bikers and joggers.

We visited Hampton Park for the first time yesterday. It is one of Charleston’s largest parks and offers free parking and restrooms.
The park has a fitness trail so there were lots of people using that to run and/​or bike. We walked the grounds and were really impressed with the beautiful trees and flowers throughout the park.
I loved the water feature and pond because there were a dozen Canadian geese hanging out (they are so pretty though you should watch where you step when around them).
If you are looking to get some walking or running in, have a picnic or just enjoy a nice book on a beautiful day, I definitely recommend Hampton Park!

Beautiful park with a gazebo that seems to have gone to the dogs. Loved our visit even though it was pouring.

I’ve been visiting Hampton Park for a few years and can’t believe I hadn’t reviewed it– until now. Hampton Park one of my favorite parks in Charleston, as it has both parking (free) and bathrooms onsite.
A fitness trail runs inside the park with little exercises to do at various checkpoints, or you can run in the running lane on the road (Mary Murray Blvd) around the park. That run/​bike lane is almost exactly one mile, so you pass your vehicle and water (and the bathroom) at each mile. Just be careful running/​walking or biking and stay in your lane.
The fountain is nice with ducks usually around, and you can feed them, and the Gazebo is a great place for pictures. I’m here at least once a week and often see photography sessions, including wedding photographers– although it is pricey to get married here.
Mary Murray Drive around the park closes for pedestrians only several times a week– mainly on Tuesday afternoons and Saturday mornings, so if you come during those times, prepare to park outside the park and walk over.
If you haven’t checked out Hampton Park, you really should! Lots of events are held here but it’s fun to come anytime and walk, run, bike, feed the ducks, have a picnic, or just chill out.

Beautiful location, gorgeous flowers. not to be missed. Good breakfast place close by called The Park Café.

This is a beautiful and peaceful park in walking distance from the Citadel. It’s wonderful during the day, but shady things do go on during the night… and evidence is left in the morning.

Maybe not the best place to brin a dog but a good area for a picnic

Did you know that Hampton Park used to be the location of a horse race track? And a former zoo, and the site of the failed South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition?
A lot has changed in Hampton Park since the early 1900s, but it still remains a great place to enjoy nature, take a walk, have a picnic, take a nap in the sun, or get fit with the Parcourse FitCircuit. Hampton Park also hosts the occasional frisbee golf tournaments.
Recently the City reconfigured the road around the park (Mary Murray Dr) to consist of one vehicle lane, a bike lane and a pedestrian lane. During Daylight Savings Time (Spring, Summer and partial Fall), the vehicle lane closes on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 – 9 to allow full pedestrian and bicycle use of the entire road.
It’s a lovely park to visit for both tourists and locals alike.

Amazing beautiful park. Bike lane, which I love trees making a canopy over the road. Walking trail with a 3 mile training circuit. Ponds, water falls. Picnics. Well kept, beautiful flowers and trees. A great place to enjoy the wonderful beauty no matter what you choose to do.
Hampton Park is a public park located in peninsular Charleston, South Carolina, USA. At 60 acres (240,000 m2), it is the largest park on the peninsula. It is bordered by The Citadel to the west, Hampton Park Terrace to the south, North Central to the east, and Wagener Terrace to the north. –Wiki

This is a great little park that is next to The Citadel. You can bring your dog, or you can jog, walk, or ride your bike around the outside of the park. A very nice place to chill and get you mind right.

This park is so beautiful & well kept, not to mention huge! It has a beautiful pond with ducks, bridges, small waterfalls, and trees. There is plenty of grass to play frisbee, run the dog, get some sun, enjoy a date, or take the kids out! Want to run? Enjoy their 3 mile length marked course through the beautiful trees and flowers with obstacle options all along the way. There is even a dirt trail to run for those with vibrams or who just prefer something different. There is so much to do here and so much space, it’s a perfect little get away downtown. All it needs is a playground, who knows maybe there is even one there I haven’t seen!

Excellent park. One of my favorite places in Charleston. The jogging trail has circuit training stations that make for a great workout. Not to mention it’s absolutely beautiful.

Great park to run. They have a mile long path that wraps around the park (mile markers in place as well). It’s shady and covered with trees for those really hot days. For those of you that are super fit, they have obstacle course training along the path. Dogs are very welcome, and I like to bring mine for a short run. Ducks galore but more so near the pond (away from the running trail). Parking is available which is nice considering it’s downtown Charleston!

The largest park in Downtown Charleston. They say that it formerly housed a racetrack and a zoo, but you’d have to look that up somewhere else as I’m not the expert on that. I am, however, an expert at avoiding the duck shit around the pond and the Citadel Cadets that run around in the bushes playing army man dress up. The dog run is a little hard to find you don’t know where to look (it’s behind the parking lot on the corner of Rutledge and Grove)