SC Trails

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.

Patriot Park is open to walkers, runners and bicyclists from dawn to dusk daily.

The Patriots Point Trail provides picturesque opportunities for hiking, biking, and birdwatching. Features of the trail include a bird watching tower and a harbor deck providing an incredible panoramic view of the Harbor.

Ideal for bicycling, the scenic Peach Country Passage is routed from Inman to Landrum along back roads dotted with peach orchards.

The most famous—Peachtree Rock—looks like a precariously balanced overturned pyramid. Some 20 feet high, it is a remnant from millions of years ago when the Sandhills were the continent’s eastern coastline.

The Peak to Prosperity Passage proceeds west from the Alston trailhead in Fairfield County across the impressive Broad River trestle. The view from the 1,100-foot-long bridge is spectacular, especially when bald eagles soar. Across the river in Newberry County, the rail-trail skirts Peak and cuts an easy swath through piedmont forest to Pomaria and Prosperity.

Penn Center, with its 16 historic buildings—all registered with the National Trust for Historic Preservation—sits quietly on a rural side street on St. Helena Island. There is an easy, one-mile loop trail located here that serves as an outdoor classroom. 

At about 2.5 miles into this trip, Penny Creek empties into the Edisto River where you will pass a number of rice plantations, and if you are adventurous, many small creeks to explore.

Peters Creek Heritage Preserve covers 160 acres in Spartanburg County. This piedmont cove forest, with its rolling topography, an old mill dam, two creeks and walking trails, is a pleasant and peaceful place to visit.

This park provides athletic fields for soccer and football, a remote controlled car track, as well as a paved walking path.