Belle Baruch’s vision was to preserve the 16,000 acres of Hobcaw Barony for research and education. She couldn’t have imagined the knowledge gained from her gift since her death in 1964. While visiting the salt marsh, longleaf pine forest, and Friendfield Village, meet scholars from the three Baruch Institutes and Hobcaw Barony staff who will…

Visit one of the most studied estuaries in the world in this 4-mile hike through the salt marsh of North Inlet. The group will travel by bus to the forest edge where the hike begins. The marsh causeway will lead to Clambank Landing- an Indigenous Peoples shell midden that later housed the duck hunting cabins…

While Hobcaw Barony’s most visited historic enslaved community is Friendfield Village, the landscape also preserves the stories of three lesser-known villages—Alderly, Barnyard, and Strawberry. This special guided tour explores these often-overlooked places and the people who called them home. Visit the historic Friendfield Village Church, the ruins of a rice mill, a one-room schoolhouse, and…

Venture into one of the Barony's most secluded and fascinating landscapes on this guided hike through its southern reaches. The journey begins with a bus ride to Michau Plantation, where staff and knowledgeable docents lead hikers along wooded trails to the historic Clubhouse Corner and the expansive 1,000-Acre Rice Field. Long before the property became…