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Best Hiking in South Carolina

This list represents the most popular hiking in South Carolina (learn more about Top Trails). Use this list to plan your next South Carolina hiking trip. Select a state and/or activity below to find even more top trails.

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#1. Chattooga Trail

  
A two day backpack on an undulating trail along the Chattooga river; a pristine National Wild and Scenic River. The Chattooga is a wild, rushing river with crashing waterfalls, coves lush with mountai…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Walhalla , SC - Hiking - 15 miles    Best Trail in SC - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#2. Raven Cliff Falls

  
A day hike to one of the highest and most scenic cascades in the eastern United States. Raven Cliff Falls was an extraordinarily popular hiking destination even before a swinging footbridge was recent…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Greenville , SC - Hiking - 6.6 miles    Best Trail in SC - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#3. Kings Mountain

  
A two-day hike through shaded hardwood forest over ridges, down rocky ravines and across numerous brooks and streams. This hike runs through the southern portion of the Kings Mountain Range, a small s…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Rock Hill , SC - Hiking - 14.5 miles    Best Trail in SC - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#4. Foothills Trail: Bad Creek Access to Rocky Bottom

  
This is one long and spectacular section of trail. It is hard to find 30 miles of trail in the East without crossing a major road, but the Foothills Trail delivers. It occasionally passes by normally…
From the guidebook "Long Trails of the Southeast"
Salem , SC - Hiking - 30.3 miles    Best Trail in SC - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#5. Foothills Trail, Jocassee Gorges Segment

  
A challenging three-day journey around the north end of Lake Jocassee. Scenic waterfalls, steep-sided river gorges, lush vegetation, and solitude are among the attractions of the Jocassee Gorges. The…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Walhalla , SC - Hiking - 31 miles    Best Trail in SC - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#6. Table Rock State Park

  
A very difficult but immensely rewarding day hike featuring spectacular views from the top of the dramatic cliffs of Table Rock Mountain, as wall as a visit to the summit of Pinnacle Mountain. Table R…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Greenville , SC - Hiking - 10 miles    Best Trail in SC - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#7. Jones Gap Trail

  
A relatively easy day hike along the scenic Middle Saluda River from Jones Gap State Park to Caesar's Head State Park. The Jones Gap Trail is full of delights, chief of which is the relative ease of t…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Greenville , SC - Hiking - 10.6 miles    Best Trail in SC - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#8. Foothills Trail, Chattanooga Valley Segment

  
A long 3-day backpacking trip, offering waterfalls and the majestic beauty of the Whitewater and Chattooga rivers. This segment of the Foothills Trail is described east to west, beginning at the north…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Walhalla , SC - Hiking - 33 miles    Best Trail in SC - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#9. Foothills Trail: Burrells Ford to Bad Creek Access

  
This slice of the Foothills Trail is composed of several diverse landscapes. Leave Burrells Ford and ascend Medlin Mountain on the edge of the Ellicott Rock Wilderness. The Medlin Mountain section of…
From the guidebook "Long Trails of the Southeast"
Walhalla , SC - Hiking - 14.6 miles    Best Trail in SC - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#10. Foothills Trail: Rocky Bottom to Jones Gap State Park

  
This challenging and long parcel of the Foothills Trail offers many rewards to those who traverse it. Leave Rocky Bottom and begin the ascent of Sassafras Mountain, highest point in South Carolina. Pa…
From the guidebook "Long Trails of the Southeast"
Rocky Bottom , SC - Hiking - 24.4 miles    Best Trail in SC - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#11. Foothills Trail: Oconee State Park to Burrells Ford

  
This most southwestern section of the Foothills Trail starts at one of South Carolina’s oldest state parks, a destination in its own right. Oconee State Park makes for a good jumping off point, whethe…
From the guidebook "Long Trails of the Southeast"
Walhalla , SC - Hiking - 16.4 miles    Best Trail in SC - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Menasha Ridge Press

#12. Huntington Beach State Park

  
A day hike through freshwater and saltwater marshes, pristine sandy beaches, and maritime forests in one of the state's most generous bird habitats. Huntington Beach State Park is a relatively seclude…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Myrtle Beach , SC - Hiking - 8.7 miles    Best Trail in SC - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#13. Foothills Trail, Sassafras Mountain Segment

  
A one or two-day hike to the summit of South Carolina's highest mountain and down to Laurel Valley and the Jocassee Gorges area. Follow the trail along Carrick Creek toward Pinnacle Mountain over gent…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Pickens , SC - Hiking - 14.1 miles    Best Trail in SC - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#14. Paris Mountain State Park

  
A rugged half day's hike on a mountain trail at the edge of South Carolina's largest metropolitan area. Paris Mountain is a monadnock, an immense rock that endured when the mountains around it weather…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Greenville , SC - Hiking - 6 miles    Best Trail in SC - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#15. Big Bend Trail

  
An easy day hike through beautiful rhododendron and mountain laurel glens to the Chattooga River and powerful Big Bend Falls. This trail connects the Winding Stairs Trail and Cherry Hill Recreation Ar…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Walhalla , SC - Hiking - 6.8 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#16. Falls Creek Trail - Hospital Rock Trail

  
An extremely rugged day hike along a mountain trail with great views, particularly of splendid Falls Creek Falls. This is a tough one, one of the most difficult hikes in South Carolina. The rewards, h…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Greenville , SC - Hiking - 6.1 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#17. Anne Springs Close Greenway

  
Moderately hilly trails through diverse terrain, from open fields to hardwood forest and rocky creek bottoms. Serving as a buffer between the town of Fort Mill and the Charlotte metropolitan area just…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Fort Mill , SC - Hiking - 14.6 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#18. Congaree Swamp

  
A variety of hikes through one of the last unlogged bottomland swamps in the United States, offering huge trees and plentiful wildlife viewing. Congaree Swamp National Monument, in the heart of the Co…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Columbia , SC - Hiking - 2.8 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#19. Lee Falls

  
Half a day's hike to one of south Carolina's more beautiful and seldom-visited waterfalls. Tamassee Creek drops 100 feet in four tiers to form Lee Falls. A modest set of lower falls serves as a prelud…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Walhalla , SC - Hiking - 3 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#20. Swamp Fox Trail

  
A long level, three-or-four day backpack through typical coastal pine forest and swampy wetlands. With a variety of hardwoods scattered through a forest largely made up of longleaf pines, the Swamp Fo…
From the guidebook "Hiking South Carolina"
Charleston , SC - Hiking - 42 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

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