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Nestled in a mixed pine/hardwood stand, this picnic area is beautiful any time of year. Yellow Branch Creek is located across from the picnic area and is easily experienced by a short-loop hiking trail.

This trail to the top of Tamassee Knob runs through a beautiful old growth hardwood forest. Walking along the ridge, it’s easy to see why these magnificent trees were left untouched for more than two centuries. The steep slopes that fall off both sides of the ridge would be treacherous terrain for a logger to traverse.

This is a .4-mile, peaceful and remote gravel trail to scnic flat shoals on the Chattooga River where you can launch your canoe or kayak.

A short distance along the Rose Hill Plantation Nature loop, you can turn right onto a spur trail where you can descend a steep slope through sheltered, lowland grass to the Tyger River.

Parsons Mountain Recreation Area is located in the northern portion of the Long Cane Ranger District. The area offers relaxation and solitude as well as easy access to a variety of recreation activities. The Parsons Mountain Lake Trail and Parsons Mountain Tower Trail incorporate the upstate’s rich history and diverse wildlife habitat.

The Jew’s Harp Spring was used to provide water for Orange Hall, a nearby plantation, in the 1800s. Scattered bricks are the only remains of the house. The name of the spring is derived from its shape–that of a Jew’s harp. It was carved from a solid piece of granite by J. E. Sherman in the 1860s.

A natural haven for hikers, mountain bikers and bird watchers, trail users will enjoy hardwood bottomlands, pine uplands, tidal marsh, freshwater ponds and managed wetlands.

Bull Sluice is a Class Five rapid on the Chattooga River. From the center's parking lot, follow the trail down the hill to where it forks (remember you got to walk that hill coming back).  Take the right fork through the woods to the river below (the left fork take you to a beach area downstream of the rapids). 

Sandy Ford is a moderately steep, .3-mile, hiking-only gravel and crushed rock trail to reach the gentle rapids of the scenic Chattooga River.

Fall Creek Falls consists of three waterfalls, each roughly 30 to 40 feet high, in a two mile-long stretch.