SC Trails

This scenic park is located in Jenkinsville on Lake Monticello, a reservoir along the Broad River. This is a wonderful park offering various recreational features, including paved walking paths.

Starting from either trailhead, this section of the Palmetto Trail is flat, easy hiking or riding mostly on a wide dike system that provides a beautiful view of the lake.

Lake Murray Elementary School provides a short, easy-walking, and widely diverse trail, where you will hear a variety of birds, and may see lizards, deer, fox, and turtles. After a short walk through a wooded area, you will enter an open space with a series of fitness stations around its circumference.

This is an easy-walking, mostly-level, nature-trail loop along the shores of Lake Placid. At the far end of the lake, you will descend and ascend the steep slopes below the dam and then cross a boardwalk foot bridge.

Laurens County Water and Sewer Commission invites the public enjoy this park's boat ramp, fishing pier, playground, picnic shelters and trails. The Lake is open seven days a week from sunrise to sunset. All facilities are handicap accessible.

Lake Paul Wallace is an outdoor recreation hub located in Bennettsville, South Carolina, and the Lake Wallace Walking Trail is a fantastic walking loop trail that was recently resurfaced — the diversion dam is now paved — much to the delight of trail-users! The walking path encircles beautiful Lake Wallace, and can be enjoyed on foot or bike.

Although the lake serves as the focal point for Wateree, other day use activities are available including picnicking and a short, wooded nature trail.

This excellent hiking and mountain biking trail is an official segment of the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail that runs along the southern shore of Lake Whelchel in Gaffney.

This trail is marked with purple blazes and offers a bit of history, great views of the mountain, and a family friendly alternative to hiking up the steeper mountain trails.

The Lake Loop is seven miles of beautifully hand built single-track that can be enjoyed by mountain biking or hiking. The trail is very fast but has numerous logs to cross and two cool rock outcroppings that are each fun and challenging.

Take a hike or ride horseback on the Langley Pond Loop Trail, a 4.75 mile wooded trail winding through a cool canopy of lush woods. Langley Pond Park is also home to Aiken County's only championship level disc golf course.

This trail begins at the beach near Thoroughfare Creek Landing, and offers views of Longleaf Pine and Pocosin Bay communities. Sandy Island is also home to more than 40 families of the federally endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.

Hiking into this 80-foot high waterfall involves a strenuous five-to-six hour hike of 8.4 miles from US 178 on the Foothills Trail. You will follow Laurel Creek and at times crisscrossing the stream on permanent bridges and at one point a suspension bridge.

This moderately difficult out and back trail is a section of three connecting trails within Poinsett State Park. Named after the rustic mountain laurel that surrounds it, this trail guides you through rugged terrain you would not expect in the lowlands of South Carolina.

This beautiful park site features several miles of running, walking, or biking trails that wind through a variety of landscapes.

This 1.2-mile trail is primarily used for mountain biking and is part the Clemson Experimental Forest trail system located in Central.

The best months to paddle this stream are October through May when the water level and flow is at its highest, but even so, be aware that there are several sections of the creek where you will have to portage due to blockage, or depending on your skill, rough water.

The Learning Trail at Harbison State Forest is an easy loop hike that starts at the Education Center and winds past some outdoor classrooms and a small vernal pond.

The 75-foot high falls has no official trail, but hikers have been making the difficult 1.5 mile trip here for hundreds of years.