OAK PINOLLY TRAIL

LOCATION: Southern South Carolina
HIKE STARTS: Cleveland Road (At visitor’s Center)
HIKE ENDS: Cleveland Road (At visitor’s Center)
TOTAL DISTANCE: 1 Mile
HIKE TYPE: Roundtrip, Loop Hike
HIKE DIFFICULTY: Easy
TRAILS USED: Oak Pinolly Trail
TRAIL TRAFFIC: Light
TRIP TYPE: Day Hike
MORE INFORMATION: Santee State Park 251 State Park Road Santee, SC 29142 803-854-2408

HIGHLIGHTS: Best known for its stripped bass fishing, Santee State Park is one of the most popular state parks in South Carolina. The park offers 2500 acres of flooded wilderness which includes miles of shoreline on Lake Marion and recreation trails for both hikers and mountain bikers. The lake was created in 1949 when 100,000 acres were flooded to provide electric power for the southeast. This makes Santee State Park a bird watchers paradise with quail, brown thrasher, and Carolina wren among the numerous species of birds that reside here.

The Oak Pinolly Trail is a one-mile hike in the northwestern corner of the park and it is the most easily accessed of the trails at Santee State Park – since it starts very close to the visitor’s center. There is a small exhibit area in the visitor’s center and it showcases some of the wildlife in the park. Day-hikers should check out the display and load up on drinking water before heading out.

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