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Camping and Hiking in South Carolina
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Palmetto Trail
When completed, this recreational trail will link the Blue Ridge
Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean. Several passages are open in
Santee Cooper Country. The High Hills of Santee Passage joins
Mill Creek Park to Poinsett State Park, an 8-mile trek in Sumter
county. The Lake Moultrie Passage is 26 miles long and begins at
the U.S. Forest Service's Canal Recreation Area on U.S. 52 and
ends adjacent to S.C. 45 at the Diversion Canal near Santee
Cooper's Cross Generating Station. The 42-mile Swamp Fox Passage
stretches from off U.S. 17 near Awendaw to the Witherbee
District Office of the U.S. Forest Center, off S.C. 402 north of
Huger. For information call: (803)771-0870
Sumter National Forest
Wildlife and greenspace, recreation areas, hiking and biking
trails, and tranquil solitude are always close at hand in this
118,529-acre woodland. For information call: (803)561-4000
Kings Mountain National Military Park and Kings Mountain State
Park
In 1780, a flood of rough-shod mountain pioneers dashed south
from Tennessee, gathered force along the way, engulfed the
overconfident Tory force on this craggy promontory and turned
the tide of the American Revolution. A film and marked
battlefield trail tell the story. Adjoining is Kings Mountain
State Park, offering camping, swimming, fishing, boat rentals,
nature and hiking trails, and a frontier homestead called the
"Living History Farm". For information call: (864)936-7921
Foothills Trail
Several points, some by boat, access this 85-mile woodland
hiking trail, which winds over the ridges on the North
Carolina-South Carolina line form the Mountain Bridge to Oconee
State Park. "Foothills" is a modest misnomer; this is rugged,
steep, mountain country. A true wilderness experience. Primitive
campsites are located along the trail. For information call:
(864)836-6115
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