SC Trails

Bike or hike the Waccamaw Neck Bikeway, an over 18-mile multi-purpose path paralleling U.S. 17 from Pawleys Island to Garden City.

Traveling down the Waccamaw River you will see a classic floodplain forest dominated by bald cypress, water tupelo, water oak, and willow oak.

Waldrop Stone Falls is only a 30 foot fall that used to be known as Clemson Falls. A 20 minute, 0.3 mile hike will get you there and it's uniqueness is worth it.

Walter Y. Elisha Park provides a short, level, paved loop with fitness stations for stretching and strengthening. You will pass a playground, and bronze statues as you walk amid open lawn and shady trees.

Wambaw Creek is a pretty black water tidal creek located in the Francis Marion National Forest. It meanders through the Wambaw Creek Wilderness Area created in 1980. There are two public landings providing access to the creek: Still Landing and Elmwood Landing.

A figure-eight motorcycle and off-highway vehicle (OHV) trail, this sandy course winds through fragrant pine woods with shimmering hardwoods in the understory. Along the way, riders can glimpse vernal ponds with bald cypress as well as turkeys and whitetailed deer.

This 13-mile trail is designed for and open to mountain bicyclists of all experience levels. The trail is also open to hikers, walkers and runners.

The Wateree Passage begins in Poinsett State Park and runs to the Wateree River, crossing through Manchester State Forest and traveling along the remnants of the old SC Railroad through Sumter Junction. The passage is one of the most diverse sections of the Palmetto Trail, traversing a variety of landscapes, from high hills down to a magnificent river swamp.

Starting near Camden, the oldest inland city in South Carolina, the blue trail offers paddlers opportunities to learn about the area’s rich history along its rocky shoals. Continuing downstream, paddlers cross the fall line and enter the coastal plain known for its countless sandbars, high bluffs, and extensive floodplain.

The pathway is a key segment of the Carolina Thread Trail, a regional network of greenways. As you reach and walk alongside the river, the surface is natural wood chip and offers scenic views.