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Hiking
Trail
Gum
Gap (#13)
(Mountain
Bridge Wilderness Area)
Trail Map
Description:
After a 1.4mile hike on the Raven Cliff Falls trail, you will reach
the junction and eastern trailhead of the Gum Gap Trail. This easy to
moderate trail is considered a leg of the Foothills Trail, since
it runs concurrent with the Foothills Trail for its entire length. You
will enjoy a leisurely hike on old logging roads through a forest of
hardwoods, white pine and thickets of rhododendren and mountain
laurel. At 1.5 miles you will reach a junction with the Naturaland
Trust Trail where you can make a side trip, and hike .4 mile to a
suspension bridge over Raven Cliff Falls. At 1.6 miles you will leave
the Mountain Bridge Area and enter the Watson Heritage Preserve marked
by a diamondshaped sign on a tree. At approximately 2 miles you will
come to the confluence of Matthews and Julian Creeks, where the water
crossing may be shin deep, but the sandy bottom is easy on the feet.
The Gum Gap Trail ends at Gum Gap, on the border of South and
North Carolina. At this point you have the option of continuing for an
additional 7.5 miles on the Foothills to Sassafras Mountain and North
Carolina County Road 199, or returning the way you came.
Length:
3.3 miles, plus 1.4 miles
on the Raven Cliff Falls Trail.
Directions:
From Greenville, drive northwest on US 276 to Caesars Head State
Park. Continue past the park entrance and the parking area for the Raven
Cliff Falls Trail is on the right, approximately 1 mile further. Walk
across US
276 and hike 1.4 miles on the Raven Cliff Falls Trail to the Gum Gap
Trail.
Camping:
Please
check with the park for campsite availability.
For information
about camping in the Watson Heritage Preserve contact, DNR PO Box 167,
Columbia, SC 29202. 803-7343893
Park Information: Mountain
Bridge Headquarters
(Caesars
Head State Park), 8155 Geer Highway, Cleveland, SC, 29635.
Telephone:
864-836-6115
South Carolina State Trails Program
South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
1205 Pendleton Street :: Columbia, SC 29201 :: 803-734-0173
Webmaster: bswanson@scprt.com
Updated: August 7, 2006
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