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Outdoor
O utd o o r
Re c r e a t i o n
Recreation
Where the foothills of the Blue Ridge
Mountains meet the shores of Lake Hartwell
Sassafras Mountain in Pickens County platform at the parking area offers views of
is the highest point in South Carolina at 3,553 South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and
feet above sea level. The mountain borders Tennessee on clear days.
North Carolina on the Eastern Continental
Divide. The state’s 77-mile Foothills Trail passes • Parking: end of F. Van Clayton Memorial
over the top of Sassafras between Table Rock Highway (accessed via US 178 in
and Oconee State Park. A scenic overlook Rocky Bottom)
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