Table Rock State Park

State: South Carolina

Address 1: 158 E Ellison LN

City: Pickens

Zip: 29671

Phone: 864-878-9813

Open: Open all year

Open all Year: Yes

Electric Water: 94

Camp URL: http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/350.aspx

Full Hook: Yes

About: Table Rock Mountain provides a towering backdrop for an upcountry retreat at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Table Rock State Park features two lakes, a campground, mountain cabins, meeting facilities and its historic, renovated lodge.

The park has been one of South Carolina’s most popular since it was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. Many of its structures are now on the National Register of Historic Places.

Table Rock was home to one of the state’s first formal nature education programs and now serves as a trailhead for the 80-mile long Foothills Trail through the wilderness along the Blue Ridge Escarpment. Trails through the forested park also include one that leads to the top of Table Rock Mountain itself.

The park also hosts a visitors center near the main gate along S.C. 11, the Cherokee Foothills National Scenic Highway.

Directions:
From I-26: Take SC-Exit 5 onto Hwy 11 towards Campobello. Travel for approximately 45 mi. Turn left onto E Ellison Lane.

From I-85 at the GA line: Take SC-Exit 1 to Hwy 11 for approx. 55 miles, turn right on E Ellison Lane.

From I-85 at the NC line: Travel South to Hwy 11 Exit 92 at Gaffney and proceed on Hwy 11 for approx. 75miles, turn left on E Ellison Lane.