Starting from the Cherry Hill Recreation Area, a moderate 2.7 mile trail affords views of the biggest drop on the Chattooga River, a rumbling 30-foot hydraulic known as Big Bend Falls. Even though this is a mountainous locale, you will find the hiking on this trail is fairly straightforward. Red bla...

This Chattooga River access trail provides a moderately steep .2-mile paved route to flat water, or a moderately difficult .2-mile graveled path to the Bull Sluice rapids rushing over jutting boulders. Begin the trail at the left of the stone pavilion near the parking lot. You will walk beneath a co...

To reach the mini-rapids and broad flat water of the scenic Chattooga River, follow this gently sloping .3-mile hiking trail. You will descend through mixed hardwood and pine forest in the quiet, fresh mountain air. A number of small foot paths divert from the easy to follow main trail. Just before ...

The East Fork Trail has 2 trailheads: one at the Chattooga Picnic Area adjacent to the Walhalla Fish Hatchery and one at Burrells Ford. Starting at the picnic area, East Fork Trail is an easy 2.5-mile hike along the north bank of the scenic, fast-moving east fork of the Chattooga River. You will pas...

This trail covers about 100 miles, including spur and loop trails linking Oconee State Park with Table Rock State Park via Whitewater Falls, the highest waterfall in the east. The trail crosses numerous rivers. The terrain varies drastically from extremely steep ravens to relatively moderate portion...

The Rocky Gap Trail in South Carolina and the Willis Knob Trail in Georgia combine to offer some of the most scenic horseback riding in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Winding across deeply dissected ridges, the trails descend into the beautiful Chattoooga Wild and Scenic River corridor. The Rock...

From the sign at the parking area, descend on this moderately steep .3-mile trail to reach the gentle rapids of the scenic Chattooga River. Walk across several footbridges over cool mountain streams amid hardwood, pine, and hemlock interspersed with rhododendron and fern. Watch for deer, snakes, and...

Follow this .4-mile peaceful, remote trail to scenic flat shoals on the Chattooga River. Descend into a cool, pine hemlock and hardwood forest as you wind down the gravel trail to the river bank. Watch for birds, deer, snakes, and other wildlife.

A 75-foot waterfall tucked away along this moderate, 3.5-mile trail helps make the Winding Stairs Trail one of the finest beginner trail in northwest South Carolina. If you start at the northern trailhead at the Cherry Hill Recreation Area, this meandering path is an easy hike because it drops 1,100...

The trailhead is on the left of the bulletin board near the entrance to the parking area. Follow this moderately steep .2-mile trail down a rocky slope through a lush green forest in intermingled with rhododendron. Descent steep steps to the river's edge where rushing water fills a cool mountain poo...