GORP - Sumter National Forest - South Carolina

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Sumter National Forest
Hiking

iking trails in Sumter National Forest offer something for every taste. The 100-mile-long Foothills National Recreation Trail links Andrew Pickens Ranger District and Whitewater Falls with South Carolina's Oconee State Park and Table Rock State Park. The Chattooga Trail runs along the powerful Chattooga River, and links with trail systems in Georgia's Chattahoochee National Forest and North Carolina's Nantahala National Forest, and with lands owned by a subsidiary of Duke Power Company.

Photo Â© US Nat'l Forest Campground Guide, Old Gen'l Store near Cherry Hill Campground

Old General Store Near Cherry Hill Campground
US Nat'l Forest Campground Guide

At the other end of the spectrum is Jew's Harp Spring Trail, a short (0.7 mile) and easy jaunt to a curious hand-carved basin, the creation of one J.E. Sherman, in the mid-1800s. Other short interpretive trails can be found at recreation areas throughout the Forest.

Sumter NF Trails
Hiking Intro
Chattooga Trail
Foothills National Recreation Trail
Horn Creek Trail
Jew's Harp Spring Trail
Turkey/Stevens Creek Trail

Middling-length trails on Sumter National Forest are the Horn Creek Trail, a scenic 5.7-mile loop, and Turkey/Stevens Creek Hiking Trail, a 20-mile path running along Turkey, Stevens and Wine Creeks.

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