Table Rock State Park - Pickens, South Carolina

Address:158 E Ellison LN
Pickens, South Carolina

One of South Carolina's most popular State Parks, Table Rock offers endless recreation at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Park is also significant historically, as home to the state's first formal nature education programs and to CCC buildings now on the National Register of Historic Places. Ambitious visitors will love hiking the cliffs of Table Rock Mountain, named by the Cherokees who thought the granite dome to be the dining table of the Great Spirit. The lakes here are perfect for fishing, boating and kayaking and the picnic shelters are great for family gatherings. Visitors who want to take in all there is to enjoy at Table Rock should take advantage of the 69 campsites and spend a night in this intriguing State Park.

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 South Carolina State Road 11, the Cherokee Foothills National Scenic Highway.