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The Triple C in the trail name stands for Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad. The railroad ran through what is now the trail from for about a century, with Norfolk Southern finally ending service in this segment in the 1980s. Soon after the first section of the Triple C multiuse trail. This first section is known as the York Bicycle Trail and is paved. The rest of the 23-mile pathway had been completed by 2007.
The trail begins beside the Plains LPG Svc LP along SR 161, near Tirzah and then travels east through mostly forested areas. Trail users are very likely to come across a white-tailed deer and wild turkeys wandering around the woods. Once you cross Alexander Lowe Highway, civilization begins to creep back in with smattering of houses. The York Greenway trailhead stands at 4th Street (SR 626), and further along is the intersection with the one-mile York Bicycle Trail, which branches northwards.
From York, the trail passes through the communities of Sharon, Hickory Grove, Smyrna, and then ends at Kings Creek in Cherokee County.
The eastern endpoint of the trail is located at 2470 Old York Road, York and while the western terminus is at the intersection of Hollifield and Manning roads in Kings Creek.
I tried three different locations to park and get on this trail. The very end as mentioned on this ABP gas station which shows an access trail which is very overgrown and the James Ross wildlife rehab which this app states there’s parking. None of which worked I do not recommend attempting to access this trail from York, South Carolina Carolina.
While I do not have firsthand knowledge of this trail, I learned from conversations with local residents that, except for portions of the trail in York, SC, much of the corridor is currently overgrown and undeveloped. A review of Google Maps satellite imagery appears to support those observations.
That is unfortunate, as the region would greatly benefit from a longer rail trail connecting communities and providing additional recreational opportunities. Hopefully, future development efforts will bring more of this historic rail corridor back into public use.
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