State: SC Length: 7 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel, Sand
The Awendaw Passage is a 7-mile single-track segment of the Palmetto Trail, which will extend more than 425 miles across South Carolina when completed. Named for the creek it follows, this scenic trail winds along the edge of a salt marsh and ...
Rail-Trail
State: SC Length: 2.5 miles Surface: Dirt, Woodchips
This moderately difficult walk follows the bed of railroad that was never completed—the America Civil War got in the way of SC Statesman John C. Calhoun's rail dream. They did get as far as starting to build three tunnels into the mountain, ...
State: SC Length: 1 miles Surface: Dirt, Sand
The Cathedral Aisle Trail is part of a 65-mile network within Aiken's protected Hitchcock Woods. Open since September 1939, this lush forest path is among the nation's oldest rail-trails. Though it runs just 0.8 mile, the route is a must-see ...
State: SC Length: 1 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
The trail extends from the dam at Duncan Park Lake and courses through the park to near Union Street by the baseball stadium. The path is a gradual hill (up or down, depending on your direction of travel) as it passes through the woods and at ...
State: SC Length: 1.5 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
The Edisto Nature Trail loops through a forest maintained by the Westvaco Corporation, a paper and packaging manufacturer. The main loop is 1 mile, and an inner loop adds 0.5 mile. Both sections of the trail wind through a typical lowcountry ...
State: SC Length: 2 miles Surface: Asphalt
In 2003 the South Carolina Governor's Council on Physical Fitness recognized the Florence Rail-Trail Committee with a community award for its work on this tree-lined trail, which spans 2 miles between the Ebenezer Park neighborhood and nearby ...
State: SC Length: 2.5 miles Surface: Asphalt
There's no better place to take in Greenwood's industrial and railroading past than along the aptly named Heritage Trail, which extends more than 2 miles from the town center south to outlying countryside. Throughout the mid-20th century five ...
State: SC Length: 0.6 miles Surface: Concrete
In the heart of busy Spartanburg, the Liberty Trail provides a beautiful oasis through a garden, along a tree-lined brook that cascades over a series of granite steps into a pool. Although only 0.5 mile, the concrete pathway provides an important ...
State: SC Length: 1.1 miles Surface: Asphalt, Dirt
The Marion Hike and Bike Trail runs 1.1 miles from Henry Street to Marion Road in downtown Marion, South Carolina. The trail parallels Bobby Gerald Parkway (also known as Railroad Avenue) and traces a portion of an abandoned railroad line that ...
State: SC Length: 1.9 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Mary Black Rail Trail is just a short segment of what will eventually become the 12-mile Hub City Connector, which itself will be part of the larger Palmetto Trail, a proposed 425-mile trail across South Carolina. As of early 2011, 290 miles ...
State: SC Length: 3.4 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
The New River Linear Trail runs for 3.4 miles within the City of Bluffton in South Carolina. The route, which is shared with power lines along an abandoned Seaboard Air Line Railway corridor, begins in the north at the edge of the Sun City development ...
State: SC Length: 12.5 miles Surface: Asphalt
The North Augusta Greeneway follows an abandoned right-of-way of the former Central of Georgia Railway (later the Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia). With its recent extension the trail now meanders 12.5 miles through the riverfront ...
State: SC Length: 4 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
Construction of the Santee Canal began in 1793 after the American Revolution, and by 1800 the canal began its life as a shipping corridor for the region's crops to points beyond. Though much of the Santee Canal is beneath Lake Moultrie, some ...
State: SC Length: 2.3 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Piedmont Medical Center Trail (formerly the Riverwalk Trail) stretches just over 2 miles through Rock Hill near the border between North and South Carolina. The paved, wooded trail closely hugs the western shoreline of Catawba River and ...
State: SC Length: 0.75 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
This unique trail runs through the campus of the SC School for the Deaf and the Blind and features interpretive signs in Braille that teach trail-goers about the types of trees along the route. The short, crushed-stone path closely follows Cedar ...
State: SC Length: 6.5 miles Surface: Asphalt
Starting at Gahagan Road or the parking area on Ashley Drive in Summerville, you can walk or ride this flat, 10-foot wide, paved trail, which follows the Sawmill Branch Canal and through a wooded area in the southern part of the city. Most ...
State: SC Length: 3 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
This multi-use path follows the south side of Southport Road, from Cedar Springs Road heading west to South Avenue. It passes the 295 Sports Complex, a DMV office and a water treatment plant before ending near a fire station at South Avenue. ...
State: SC Length: 1 miles Surface: Concrete
The Spanish Moss Trail (sometimes referred to as the Beaufort Rail Trail or the Magnolia Line Trail) follows the former Port Royal Railroad that was constructed in 1870. The planned 13.6-mile scenic pathway will run through Beaufort County between ...
State: SC Length: 5 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
The Sumter Cypress Trail begins near the golf course in Sumter's Dillon Park. The trail is unmarked but is mostly level and follows a dirt road and grassy path through the woods and open fields. You will also wind along a creek and the ponds ...
State: SC Length: 42 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
The Swamp Fox Trail is one of South Carolina Lowcountry's oldest trails and offers a long, flat, one-way journey through the swampy wetlands and coastal pine forests of Francis Marion National Forest. The total length of the trail is 42 miles, ...
State: SC Length: 18.6 miles Surface: Asphalt
The northern end of the Swamp Rabbit Trail begins across from North Greenville Medical campus of the Greenville Hospital System, 807 N. Main Street, and continues south along the Cleveland Street side of Greenville Tech in the city of Greenville. ...
State: SC Length: 1 miles Surface: Asphalt
The town of Edgefield has taken pride in the political initiative of its native sons for nearly 200 years and today dubs itself the "Home of Ten Governors." This legacy began in 1816 with Gov. Andrew Pickens II, who was instrumental in the construction ...
State: SC Length: 8.5 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Three Rivers Greenway is actually composed of the West Columbia Riverwalk and the Cayce Riverwalk. This beautiful series of riverfront pathways, at the confluence of the Broad, Saluda and Congaree rivers, includes lighted trails and boardwalks, ...
State: SC Length: 0.4 miles Surface: Concrete
Although the Timmonsville Rail-Trail is just a few blocks long, it runs along Main Street through the heart of this small community. The paved pathway offers a pleasant, tree-dotted route to homes and businesses.
State: SC Length: 0.8 miles Surface: Concrete
Traveling for nearly a mile in downtown Columbia, this first segment of the Vista Greenway features a 100-year-old railroad tunnel stretching 400 feet under Lincoln Street. Although short, the new rail-trail has helped transform what was ...
State: SC Length: 2.8 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Wadsworth Trail parallels Willis Road from Harmon Drive to Hawk Creek Drive, with a spur heading south along SR 42-4382/Caldwell Drive. The Willis Road portion is 1.85 miles (one way), while the Caldwell Drive portion to just north of Dartmoor ...
Running arrow-straight from the Ashley River west to a wholesale produce stand on Wappoo Road, the West Ashley Bikeway links several suburban Charleston neighborhoods, providing a 2.5-mile cycling and walking path. Initial plans called for ...
State: SC Length: 10.5 miles Surface: Dirt
A favorite of local mountain bikers, the West Ashley Greenway takes you on a 10.5-mile (one way) ride from suburban Charleston west to the scenic Lowcountry wetlands that surround this charming city. From its trailhead behind the South Windermere ...