SC Trails

Twelve Mile Creek Trail at Walnut Creek Park stretches along Twelve Mile Creek for nearly 3.5 miles from Walnut Creek Park through Walnut Creek neighborhood to the North Carolina state line where there is an incredible 180-foot-long suspension bridge. This natural surface trail also hosts a number of additional boardwalks and bridges.

This is a fine show for an easy 15-minute walk along the .025 mile trail which leads to a viewing deck with seating.

Like its sister, the Enoree River, the Tyger is generally shallow and narrow. Although there is some whitewater in the upper sections, the overwhelming majority is brisk flatwater.

Tyger River Park is a premier baseball and softball tournament facility and also provides a very nice waking path with exercise stations.

Tyger-10 Nature Park has a wide, flat trail that runs beside the river that is perfect for families to take a hike and bring along the family dog. There is an abundance of opportunities to experience nature first-hand from shallow pools to turtles sunning on the shore to baby possums in the trees.

The Upper Chinquapin has 1.6 miles of walking trails—not far from downtown Spartanburg. It is the home of a rare plant, the dwarf heartleaf, and has a diverse stand of ferns and hardwoods, including longleaf pines.

After a portage of approximately 300 yards on the Palmetto Trail, put in on the south side of the Henry Brown Bridge and paddle south. Since there are so many possible ways you might go, such as old rice field canals, Santee Cooper has placed small diamond shaped signs to help keep you on course. At approximately halfway, there is a cleared area for primitive camping and the creek opens a bit for easier paddling.

During this 5 hour float you will pass the Cherokee Plantation where you can see the main house and the boat house. On a warm day you might want to stop at one of the sandbars and swim.

This 1.3-mile passage of the Palmetto Trail begins on the campus of the University of South Carolina Upstate campus in Spartanburg, SC, and dives into a wooded forest on the banks of the Lawson’s Fork Creek.

V.I.M. Park is an easily accessed park that would be great place to eat your lunch and walk around the short, tree lined crushed gravel loop.