Little Pee Dee State Park, State park in Dillon County, South Carolina, US

Little Pee Dee State Park is a woodland park in South Carolina centered around Lake Norton and bordered by swamps and sandy shores. The park includes a variety of accommodation options for visitors, from tent sites to RV spaces and one waterfront cabin.

Little Pee Dee State Park is a South Carolina state park near Dillon in Dillon County. Its land takes in part of a Carolina Bay together with the adjacent sand rim. U.S. Geological Survey work has interpreted the Carolina Bays as relict thermokarst lakes formed several thousand years ago, when the climate was colder, drier and windier; thermokarst lakes develop through thawing of permafrost and later modification by wind and water. That reading suggests permafrost once reached as far south as the Carolina Bays during the last ice age or earlier ones.

The park takes its name from the Little Pee Dee River, which borders it; the river in turn carries the name of the Pee Dee people of the South Carolina coastal plain. Visitors meet that name on the park sign and on the water itself, where the river and the 54-acre Lake Norton both offer fishing.

The park is open during daylight hours and welcomes visitors to hike, fish, and boat on the lake throughout the year. Insect repellent and weather-appropriate clothing are helpful, especially during warmer months when mosquitoes are more active near swampy areas.

Lake Norton lies within a Carolina Bay, a shallow oval depression that U.S. Geological Survey work interprets as a relict thermokarst lake formed thousands of years ago when the climate was colder, drier and windier. The bay's sand rim borders the water.