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Agritourism is big
in the Clemson Area
Take home a basket of fresh, locally
grown foods from the Clemson
Area. We offer three area farmers
markets, vineyards, orchards,
pick-your-own opportunities,
even a celebrated goat farm!
Clemson Area
Road Trip Guide
Historic Hanover Fort Hill National
Follow our motorcycle adventure House (c.1716) Historic Landmark
guide (motorcycle not required)
with three routes starting in Hanover House, built in 1716 for French Fort Hill was home to John C. Calhoun Heritage and History
Clemson to cruise from attraction Huguenot Paul de St. Julien in Berkeley and Thomas G. Clemson. Politician at Hagood Mill
County, SC, is one of South Carolina’s
Calhoun served as Congressman;
to attraction while enjoying our oldest wooden residences. The St. Julien Secretary of War; Vice President to One of the most charming sites in the
area’s natural beauty and fascinating and Ravenel family home was threatened John Quincy Adams; Vice President to Clemson Area is Hagood Mill, three
history and heritage. While you’re with flooding by Lake Moultrie in 1941. Andrew Jackson; Secretary of State; and miles north of Pickens, SC. There is
here, grab a bite or a cold one at The Historic American Buildings Survey Senator. John and Floride’s daughter, something for everyone at this historic
site. See the historic mill operate every
Anna Maria Calhoun, married Thomas
of the Santee-Cooper basin noted that
celebrated restaurants, watering Hanover was of national significance. Clemson at Fort Hill in 1838. Thomas G. third Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the
holes, breweries, and vineyards. Hanover was preserved at Clemson Clemson was a scientist, mining engineer, Folklife Festivals. The site is also home
Go to VisitClemson.com and click University, home to the state’s architectural diplomat to Belgium, and superintendent to historic cabins, a blacksmith shop, a
Motorcycling/Exploring Guide school. It was relocated to the South of agriculture. Thomas Clemson willed moonshine still, and a cotton gin. Visitors
may also see prehistoric petroglyphs
that Fort Hill “shall always be open for
Carolina Botanical Garden in 1994, now
under the Things To Do tab for all overlooking a vegetable garden. Hanover the inspection of visitors as a museum. and an amazing collection of Native
the details, routes, and stops. House is restored as a monument of early The antebellum main house and American art and artifacts in the Hagood
French Huguenot colonial architecture. outbuildings are restored with original Creek Petroglyph Site. Hagood Mill hosts
The museum interprets life at a Lowcountry furnishings interpreting plantation life group tours, field trips, and live music,
South Carolina rice plantation. Hanover and the African American experience. and can be reserved for special events and
House is currently open for weekday Fort Hill is open for self-guided tours weddings. The site is open Wednesday-
tours only. It is closed on all home utilizing interpretive exhibits, brochures Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., and can be
football game Saturdays and the weekend and QR code phone app. It is closed on all visited any day during daylight hours to
after Thanksgiving. home football game Saturdays and the take advantage of its walking trails and
113 Hanover Circle weekend after Thanksgiving. disc golf course.
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