The main hiking trail (and fit trail) is over a mile long and it's located by the ranger building, that's where we start off today. The ultimate outsider stamp is located right outside the ranger building, don't forget to get your stamp!
Going past the ranger building takes you to the trail-head for the main trail. The fit trail branches off just a little bit after you start the main trail. We didn't go on the fit trail but we did stop to do the final exercise at the end!
There are parts of the trail that has a lot of roots, they've painted them to let you know where they are, be careful. Most of the trail is pretty level with just a few small elevation changes, aside from the root areas it's a fairly easy trail. A little over halfway through the trail you come to a little pier on the small pond. When we visited the pier was underwater as it had been raining a lot that week. We still walked out onto the pier looking for gators, but didn't find any!
This antique is about halfway along the trail, it's just sitting there on the side. There's no signs or story with it, I'm sure the ranger will know though!
Near the end of the trail you come to the other side of the pond. There are several picnic tables here as well as these warning signs.... There's also this cool little "campfire" area with benches and a stage at the end of the trail.
The end of the trail brings you back out to the parking lot by the ranger building. We stopped by the large stage facing the field and spoke to the crowds before continuing on to the shorter nature trail and the pier. The smaller trail is on the other side of the main road, it starts by the playground area.
This is a really short loop that basically takes you lakeside and back. You can also get to the pavilion from this trail, it comes out at the parking lot. The pavilion is nice and there's a really nice area leading down to the lake shore and overlooking the lake.
And last but not least we headed out to check out the pier, it runs out in the lake a little bit and has several benches to sit back and enjoy the scenery! This is also the area where you can rent the boats and head out on to the lake.
This is a really great park, you can enjoy a day at the lake and get your nature on - watch out for gators!! There's plenty of picnic areas, shelters and a nice size playground. Be sure to check the official website for the park as they host events throughout the year - like the summer evening movie nights! Also check out the State Park gallery on my website to see the rest of the pictures from our visit and to see more pictures from the other state parks! http://www.centerlightstudios.com/SC-State-Parks
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