South Carolina's ACE Basin is one of the largest wetland ecosystems on the Atlantic coast. Located along US 17 or Interstate 95 between Hilton Head Island and Charleston, the ACE Basin is home to numerous species of wildlife, including alligators.

These monster gators — the 12- and 13-footers that can weigh a half-ton — home turf runs approximately from Lake Marion, near the Congaree National Park, to the historic abandoned rice fields along the coast, between the Santee River in Georgetown and the ACE Basin near Beaufort.