Foothills Trail — Sumter NF / Jocassee Gorges, South Carolina

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Foothills Trail

Sumter NF / Jocassee Gorges, South Carolina

4 days · 72 mi · Strenuous · Point to point

Foothills Trail landscape

A long point-to-point through the Blue Ridge escarpment of upstate South Carolina, past waterfalls, the Chattooga River, and Lake Jocassee. (Sampled to a route overview.) Route geometry from OpenStreetMap (relation 4572989); © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Day-by-day

  1. Day 1Hike to Laurel Fork Falls
  2. Day 2Hike to Chattooga River
  3. Day 3Hike to Whitewater Falls
  4. Day 4Finish near Sassafras Mountain

A high-level summary — open the trip in the planner for exact per-day miles, elevation, and hiking time between camps.

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