NOTE: This Page is about the State Park – For the Nearby Revolutionary War Battle Ground Visit our Kings Mountain National Military Park Page Click Here for everything you need to know to plan your visit to Kings Mountain State Park. Not far from the site of the 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain, you’ll find… Continue reading Kings Mountain State Park
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Paris Mountain State Park
Click Here for everything you need to know to plan your visit to Paris Mountain State Park in Greenville, SC. Located just a few miles outside of Greenville, South Carolina, Paris Mountain feels like it’s hundreds of miles away and offers a welcome escape from the traffic and congestion. The isolated peak rises above the… Continue reading Paris Mountain State Park
Bechtler Mint Site Historic Park
Click Here for everything you need to know to plan your visit to Bechtler Mint Site Historic Park in Rutherfordton, North Caolina. Carolina Gold Rush Mulberry Sellers and Matthew Stephenson were right. There really is “gold in them thar hills”. In 1799 the son of a farmer found a yellow rock in the Little Meadow… Continue reading Bechtler Mint Site Historic Park
Alexander’s Ford in Bradley Nature Preserve
The Story of Alexander’s Ford in Bradley Nature Preserve Click Here for everything you need to know to plan your visit to Bradley Nature Preserve at Alexander’s Ford. Colonel Isaac Shelby pulled back firmly on the reins. His galloping horse jerked its head to the side in protest before slowing to a halt. The date… Continue reading Alexander’s Ford in Bradley Nature Preserve
Triple Falls
Click Here for everything you need to know to visit Triple Falls in DuPont State Fores. About Triple Falls Three waterfalls for the price of one! That’s What you’ll find when you visit Triple Falls on the Little River in the DuPont State Recreational Forest near Brevard. While each of the three smaller falls by… Continue reading Triple Falls
Rose Hill Plantation
Click Here for everything you need to know to visit Rose Hill Plantation in Union, South Carolina. Not far from Union, South Carolina, you’ll find a place where you can step back in time and learn about South Carolina’s history from secession through the Civil War, slavery and emancipation, and Reconstruction and its aftermath. All… Continue reading Rose Hill Plantation
Lake Russell Dam
The last of of three dams built on the Savanna River separating South Carolina from Georgia is not far from Calhoun Falls. Straddling the line between the two states, you’ll find the Lake Russell Dam. Part of the Savannah River system and built by the US Army Corp of Engineers, the dam holds back the… Continue reading Lake Russell Dam
Lake Russell
Lake Russell is a Wilderness Close to Home Not far from Calhoun Falls, you’ll find one of South Carolina’s hidden gems. Lake Russell sits on the South Carolina – Georgia state line between Lakes Hartwell and Thurmond. Although Lake Russell sits between right her better known sisters with their speedboats and constant activity, standing along… Continue reading Lake Russell
DuPont State Recreational Forest
DuPont State Forest’s Beginnings as an Industrial Site Driving through one of North Carolina’s youngest state forests, it’s hard to believe that it was once an industrial site. But that’s just what you’ll find when you visit DuPont State Recreational Forest in Ceder Mountain between Brevard and Flat Rock. In the 1950’s the DuPont Corporation… Continue reading DuPont State Recreational Forest
Places to take Dad this Father’s Day
Places to take Dad this Father’s Day Still looking for something to do for Dad this Fathers Day? Better hurry up because Father’s day will be here sooner than you think. You could go with the old standby and get dad a new tie, or a new drill, or a new can of Simoniz, but… Continue reading Places to take Dad this Father’s Day