Kings Mountain State Park Located in northern South Carolina just a short drive from the site of the 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain, you’ll find one of South Carolina’s 16 State Parks built during the Great Depression by the Civilian Conservation Corps also known as Roosevelt’s Tree Army. Visiting Kings Mountain State Park Renowned as… Continue reading Kings Mountain State Park
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Belfast Wildlife Management Area
Belfast Wildlife Management Area Situated along a busy highway connecting Laurens and Newberry, Belfast Wildlife Management Area stands as a testimonial to how people and nature can both thrive together and how through careful management a natural environment can be created that will last for generations. Best described as a hybrid space, Belfast WMA is… Continue reading Belfast Wildlife Management Area
High Falls
High Falls at DuPont State Forest For details on our visit check out our High Falls in Dupont State Forest Field Report. Towering 120 feet over the river below, Dupont Forest’s High Falls is one of the most impressive and magnificent waterfalls in North Carolina as well as part of a trio of waterfalls along… Continue reading High Falls
Pearson’s Falls
Pearson’s Falls Visiting Pearson’s Falls Temporarily Closed due to Hurricane HeleneVisit https://www.pearsonsfalls.org/helene-updates for latest information. Once in the parking lot, you’ll take a short ¼ mile trail along the banks of Colt Creek to reach the base of the falls. It’s a short and easy walk, but because it is an unpaved trail, it may… Continue reading Pearson’s Falls
Congaree National Park
Congaree National Park Visiting Congaree National Park Travel just 20 miles south of Columbia, SC you’ll enter a world so foreign from our modern life that you’d be excused if you felt like you traveled through time back into our distant primordial past. Congaree Nation Park is that impressive. Click Here for More About the… Continue reading Congaree National Park
Caesars Head
Caesars Head State Park Visiting Caesars Head State Park The Cherokee and their ancestors where the first people to lay eyes on what we now call Caesar’s Head in northern Greenville County. This rock formation described by Robert Mills, prominent SC architect and designer of the Washington Monument, as a “mass of granite, rising from… Continue reading Caesars Head
Cradle of Forestry in America
Cradle of Forestry in America Established in Pisgah Forest just south of Asheville, North Carolina along Hwy 276, the Cradle of Forestry in America chronicles the story of the men who helped bring modern forestry practices to the United States and how their efforts resurrected Pisgah Forest from the ruin of deforestation and over farming.… Continue reading Cradle of Forestry in America
Landsford Canal State Park
Landsford Canal State Park For details on our visit check out our Landsford Canal State Park Field Report Once part of an ambitious plan to connect Charlotte North Carolina to the port of Charleston via the Catawba and Wateree River, the ruins of Landsford Canal stand alone as the last of the great Catawba River… Continue reading Landsford Canal State Park
Outdoor Adventures Near Asheville NC
Outdoor Adventures Near Asheville NC Asheville, cradled within North Carolina’s stunning Blue Ridge Mountains, has come to be known as a premier destination for travelers and a much loved locale for residents both old and new alike. Celebrated as the artistic epicenter of the area, Asheville has transformed itself into a sprawling canvas for creatives,… Continue reading Outdoor Adventures Near Asheville NC
Chimney Rock State Park
Chimney Rock State Park According to media reports Chimney Rock State Park is set to reopen on Friday June 27 – exactly 9 months after Hurricane Helene devastated the area and washed away the bridge leading to the park. For this initial reopening, reservations will be required. For more information or to make reservations visit… Continue reading Chimney Rock State Park