Parking at Folly Beach costs from $10/day. Compare 4 nearby lots and garages by price, walking distance and how full each one is right now, plus metered street parking. Lot locations, rates and hours are real and geocoded. Tap a pin for driving directions.
4 lots · 430 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
250 metered spaces · $3/hr, $12/day · East and West Arctic Ave on-street spaces are paid 8 AM - 10 PM, seven days a week; side-street parking is enforced 24 hours a day. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
Rates checked Oct 20, 2026; not confirmed: Folly Beach County Park, Folly Beach Fishing Pier Lot, Center Street Public Parking. Posted prices at the lot always win.
Local moves
Pay at a pay station (cards only, no coins) or scan the QR code or text the code on the parking signs; there is no app to download. A $0.35 fee applies to phone payments.
The county park and pier lots close when they hit capacity, often by late morning in summer.
Skip the residential side streets; they are resident-permit only and Folly tows.
Weekday mornings and the shoulder season are the easiest times to find a spot near the sand.
Parking at Folly Beach costs from $10/day. The cheapest paid lot is Folly Beach County Park at $10-15/vehicle.
Parking at Folly Beach is paid — there is no free beach lot. Lots start at $10/day. Arriving early or late in the day is your best bet for a spot.
Folly Beach has 4 lots within walking distance; the largest is Folly Beach County Park (240 spaces). The lots nearest the sand fill first, so the ones a block or two back usually have room. Use the live map above to compare walking distance and how full each lot is right now.
On warm, sunny weekend days the closest Folly Beach lots fill by mid-morning. Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking, and scrub the time slider on the map above for the crowd estimate hour by hour.
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Lot locations, counts, rates and hours are real, geocoded from each address. No live space-count feed is published, so availability is estimated from typical beach crowds and today’s weather. Your location is used only in your browser to sort by distance.
Main parking at Folly Beach: Folly Beach Fishing Pier Lot ($2/hr) and Center Street Public Parking (Paid), plus street parking at $3/hr, $12/day. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.