Sc Trail Guides

Cedar Creek Canoe Trail

📍 Congaree National Park, South Carolina

Easy 📏 15.0 Point-to-Point

Cedar Creek Canoe Trail offers one of the most immersive wilderness paddling experiences in the eastern United States, w…

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Auger Hole Trail

📍 Gorges State Park – Auger Hole Trailhead

Strenuous 📏 3.8 Out-and-Back

The Auger Hole Trail descends into Bearcamp Creek Gorge—one of the deepest and most biologically extraordinary gorges in…

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Bates Ferry Trail

📍 Congaree National Park, South Carolina

Moderate 📏 11.0 Out-and-Back

Bates Ferry Trail is one of the longer and more remote hiking options in Congaree National Park, following an out-and-ba…

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Beach Walk

📍 Hunting Island State Park – Atlantic Beach

Easy 📏 3.0 Out-and-Back

Hunting Island's Atlantic beach walk traverses one of the most visually striking and ecologically dynamic shorelines in …

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Big Trunk Trail

📍 Congaree National Park, South Carolina

Easy 📏 6.0 Loop

Big Trunk Trail loops through the old-growth bottomland forest interior of Congaree National Park, venturing into sectio…

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Boardwalk Loop

📍 Harry Hampton Visitor Center, Hopkins

Easy 📏 2.4 Loop

The Boardwalk Loop at Congaree National Park is the most accessible introduction to the park's extraordinary old-growth …

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Canebrake Trail

📍 Gorges State Park – Canebrake Trailhead

Moderate 📏 1.5 Loop

The Canebrake Trail at Gorges State Park preserves access to one of the rarest plant communities in the eastern United S…

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Carrick Creek Trail

📍 Table Rock State Park – Carrick Creek

Moderate 📏 2.0 Loop

The Carrick Creek Trail loops through a spectacular mountain creek gorge at the base of Table Rock Mountain, following C…

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Cedar Creek Canoe Trail

📍 Cedar Creek Landing, Hopkins

Moderate 📏 15.0 Point-to-Point

Cedar Creek Canoe Trail is the finest way to experience Congaree National Park, paddling a blackwater tributary through …

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Foothills Trail Section

📍 Gorges State Park – Foothills Trail Access

Strenuous 📏 6.0 Out-and-Back

The Foothills Trail—a 76-mile backcountry route connecting Oconee State Park to Table Rock State Park along the Blue Rid…

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Hunting Island Lighthouse Trail

📍 Hunting Island State Park – Lighthouse

Easy 📏 0.5 Out-and-Back

The Hunting Island Lighthouse Trail leads to the 1875 cast iron lighthouse—one of only a handful of publicly climbable l…

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Jones Gap to Caesars Head

📍 Caesars Head State Park – Jones Gap Trailhead

Strenuous 📏 5.4 Point-to-Point

The Jones Gap to Caesars Head traverse is one of the most demanding and rewarding day hikes in the South Carolina state …

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Kingsnake Trail

📍 Longleaf Campground Trailhead, Hopkins

Moderate 📏 11.7 Loop

Kingsnake Trail is the longest trail in Congaree National Park that remains accessible during most flood events, running…

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Naturaland Trust Trail

📍 Caesars Head State Park – Naturaland Trailhead

Strenuous 📏 4.0 Loop

The Naturaland Trust Trail loops along the exposed cliff edge above Raven Cliff Falls, providing the most dramatic and e…

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Nature Trail

📍 Hunting Island State Park – Nature Center

Easy 📏 3.0 Loop

The Hunting Island Nature Trail loops through the interior maritime forest and lagoon margins of this barrier island par…

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Pier and Beach Walk

📍 Myrtle Beach State Park – Beach Access

Easy 📏 2.0 Out-and-Back

The Pier and Beach Walk explores Myrtle Beach State Park's Atlantic Ocean frontage, including the park's 750-foot fishin…

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Pinnacle Mountain Trail

📍 Table Rock State Park – Pinnacle Trailhead

Strenuous 📏 9.8 Out-and-Back

The Pinnacle Mountain Trail climbs to the highest accessible point in the South Carolina state park system—the 3,425-foo…

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Raven Cliff Falls Trail

📍 Caesars Head State Park – Raven Cliff Falls Trailhead

Moderate 📏 4.0 Out-and-Back

Raven Cliff Falls Trail leads to Raven Cliff Falls—at 420 feet, the tallest waterfall in South Carolina and one of the t…

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River Trail

📍 Harry Hampton Visitor Center, Hopkins

Moderate 📏 10.0 Loop

River Trail is the longest maintained hiking route in Congaree National Park, traversing the full ecological gradient fr…

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Sculptured Oak Nature Trail

📍 Myrtle Beach State Park – Nature Center

Easy 📏 1.0 Loop

The Sculptured Oak Nature Trail preserves a rare remnant of the old-growth maritime forest that once extended along the …

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Table Rock Trail

📍 Table Rock State Park – Table Rock Trailhead

Strenuous 📏 7.2 Out-and-Back

Table Rock Trail ascends to the summit of Table Rock Mountain—a massive 3,124-foot monadnock of Caesars Head granodiorit…

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Weston Lake Loop

📍 Cedar Creek, Hopkins

Moderate 📏 4.4 Loop

Weston Lake Loop travels deep into the Congaree bottomland hardwood forest to reach one of the park's oxbow lakes — a cu…

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Yaupon Nature Trail

📍 Myrtle Beach State Park – Yaupon Trailhead

Easy 📏 0.75 Loop

The Yaupon Nature Trail is a short interpretive loop through the coastal shrub thicket habitat that transitions between …

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Congaree River Levee Road Cycling

📍 Harry Hampton Visitor Center, Hopkins

Easy 📏 12.0 Out-and-Back

The historic levee road along the Congaree River boundary of Congaree National Park provides one of the few cycling rout…

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