Mountain Biking Trails in South Carolina

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  • Awendaw Passage (Palmetto Trail)

    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 ...

  • Florence Rail Trail (SC)

    Rail-Trail

    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 ...

  • Heritage Trail (SC)

    Rail-Trail

    State: SC
    Length: 2.50 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 ...

  • Mary Black Rail Trail

    Rail-Trail

    State: SC
    Length: 1.90 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 ...

  • New River Linear Trail

    Rail-Trail

    State: SC
    Length: 3.40 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 ...

  • North Augusta Greeneway Park

    Rail-Trail

    State: SC
    Length: 12.50 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 ...

  • Sawmill Branch Multi-Use Trail

    State: SC
    Length: 6.50 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 ...

  • Sumter Cypress Trail

    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 ...

  • Swamp Fox Passage (Palmetto Trail)

    Rail-Trail

    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, ...

  • Three Rivers Greenway

    State: SC
    Length: 8.50 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, ...

  • West Ashley Bikeway

    Rail-Trail

    State: SC
    Length: 2.50 miles
    Surface: Asphalt

    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 ...

  • West Ashley Greenway

    Rail-Trail

    State: SC
    Length: 10.50 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 ...