The Best Hiking Trails in South Carolina

Boardwalk is Congaree's most accessible and most popular trail, great for all ages and fully ADA accessible. It is 2.4 miles of constructed boardwalk, weaving through old-growth forest with trees of all shapes and sizes....

If you want more varied scenery and photography opportunities in Congaree National Park, as well as better chances at spotting wildlife, you should venture off of the Boardwalk and onto Weston Lake Loop....

Bates Ferry Trail is at the eastern edge of Congaree National Park, separated from the visitor center and most other trails. It’s the easiest to get to, however, because of its location right along Highway 601....

This is one of the longer trails in Congaree National Park, and one of the most varied. The park is famous for its old growth, which is a forest that has never been logged....

Kingsnake Trail is one of Congaree’s more remote trails, which makes it especially good for birdwatching and wildlife viewing. There are also impressive trees, of course, and the forest hosts greater diversity than what’s found along the shorter loop trails....

Big Bend Falls on the Chattooga is a stunning waterfall on a sharp curve in the river with a drop ranging from 15' to 30' in places. It's conveniently located along the [Foothills Trail](https://fatmap....

If waterfalls were ranked on a scale of 1 - 10, with 10 being the best, The Narrows on Eastatoe Creek would be a solid 12 - and for more reasons than one....

Nestled in a small cove just above Burrells Ford on the Chattooga River, Spoonauger Falls is an easily accessible 50-foot high waterfall less than 15 minutes from the parking lot. It's an excellent kid and dog-friendly hike, and its ease makes it "among the more popular in this area of the Chattooga River watershed," [this source](https://www....

The Palmetto Trail is an epic backpacking adventure that takes you from the mountains to the sea across the state of South Carolina. This epic trail offers a variety of scenery and terrain, from lakes and forests to swamps and towns....

Lesser known than the iconic Appalachian, Benton MacKaye, or Pinhoti Trails, the Foothills Trail is a hidden gem that deserves credit of its own. The Foothills Trail Conference proudly proclaims that Backpacker Magazine rated it as “one of the best long trails [fifty plus miles] in the country"....