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Mud Island 0.85 miles long PACOLET RIVER: stay right Planning and Safety Skull Shoals Road River Access and Parking Area 1) Review the map carefully. 600 Skull Shoals Road, Gaffney, SC 29342 k 2) Plan your start and end points according to T histheroaislast d your skill level. c rossingbefore the 3) Check current river conditions before paddling. c o n fluen c eofthe A flooded river can be dangerous, and a low Pac oan let dtheBroa d river may expose logs, rocks, or other debris, Rivers.Parking is a vailab leinlotthe dirt slowing your trip down significantly. oThe nriver-left. next Worth Mountain 4) Always wear a life jacket with a whistle. takeoutloc a tiontheis WMA River 5) Avoid boating alone. Let someone know your T o wnofLoc kha rt Access and Skull Shoals plan and when to expect you to return. a pproxima telymiles12 Parking Area 34°57'0"N 6) Minimize your impact on the river by properly do wn strea m River Access off of Scenic View Rd 34°57'0"N (a 6-6.5-hopaddle).(a ur and Parking Area Hickory Grove, disposing of waste, respecting wildlife, and SC 29717 leaving what you find. T hisriverac c essinc ludes 7) Do not trespass on private property. Stay in aparking area an dco n - cbo rete Alsoram a t p. the river until your take out. tty C icke reek 8) If you fall out in a rapid, assume the whitewater Th a vailab learebiking, fishing,hun ting,an dhiking. "swimming" position - with your feet up and Forupda an tes dadd- pointing downstream (like you're in a recliner) ition ainforma l tionab o ut until you reach flatwater and can get back in hun tingsea sonvisit: s, your boat. Cherokee www.dn r.sc.go v/mlan ds/ wm a program . 9) Roadside river accesses with listed addresses S County, SC C H are approximate locations of bridges and WY 211 should not direct you to private homes. Please do not access the river on private property.

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BROADRIVER BROADRIVER Grindall Broa dRiver Green wa y BowenRiver s Acc ess k Shoals to Bigto Bay Acc ess Cherokeeto Ford Rec rea tionArea Trip Length: 8.25 miles Trip Length: 5 miles Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Beginner Skull Shoals Trip Duration: 4-5 hours Trip Duration: 2-3 hours (upstream of

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South 7 521 Pacolet ¤£ 7 Town of Lockhart River I- 2 River Access and Parking Area Spartanburg County, Take out above the dam: I-85 XW T N R O F 5 9 SC 48 400 Lockhart Drive, Lockhart, SC 29364 4 XW Blacksburg I- ¤£74 Y I Gaffney N o r t h - B Put in below the dam: 585 York C a r o l i n a W Pacolet r C a r o l i n a H o County, 100 River Street, Lockhart, SC 29364 Lockhart C River a SC S XW d Paddlers should use caution when approaching the Dam #1 Spartanburg R XW i v Rock Hill

Lockhart Dam. The take out is located river-right, e before the first dam. Access to the parking lot re- T o w n o f r quires a short walk. The Lockhart Canal is formed Ty Lockhart XW I-77 34°47'30"N I-185 E g 34°47'30"N by the two dams located north and south of the L o c k h a r t n er o R re i Chester Town of Lockhart. Swimming and boating are not e Tygve Union R err County, Lancaster permitted within the Lockhart Canal. Paddlers wish- I- i County,Ri P 38 ve ve Sandy River SC County, IN 5 r SCr XW SC

ing to continue their trip downstream should use the C B A C K Lockhart KN phone in a box on the side of Lockhart Power's k EY Laurens County, XW R SC Carlisle building, which is connected to the Lockhart Power k Dam #2 D control room, to call (864) 545-2580. Lockhart I-26 TuckertownXW Power will bring a truck and portage you to the put XW XW in downstream river-left, east of Lockhart Power's Lockhart Chester Maybinton XW Fairfield County, Hydropower Plant and Dam. Shoals Newberry Blair SC Lower Lockhart k County, SC County, SC Shoals (at mile 115) Kershaw Lockhart Dam #1 XW County, n Newberry Woods Ferry Greenwood Chester XW SC j Recreation Area County, Blythewood SC Saluda L County Park Road, Carlisle, SC 29031 Richland o County, County, I-20 c SC kh (34.698880, -81.450655) SC ar 34°45'0"N t 34°45'0"N C Open year-round, this recreation area a Union n S a Re-enter features restrooms, picnic shelters, C l river here, S u m t e r fishing platforms, a boat ramp, camping HW end of County, SC Y River Street. N a t i o n a l sites, horse trails, accomodations and 9 z hot showers. Fee for camping is j F o r e s t required and can be paid upon arrival. For more information, visit: k upstateforever.org/WFRA Lockhart Canal: NO paddling or swimming at any R k iv time. e t. r S W Union Lockhart Dam #2 O County O D _ S k F E

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Sandy River Landing River Access and Parking Area T o w n end of Boat Ramp Road Carlisle, SC 29031 Chester 34°35'0"N o f A small parking 34°35'0"N

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Shelton Ferry Landing Boat Ramp and Parking Area 34°32'30"N end of Shelton Ferry Road 34°32'30"N Whitmire, SC 29178 A small parking area and boat ramp are located river-right. T u c k e r t o w n Shelton Island

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Jews Harp Spring Trail: spring* is 0.7 miles from Henderson Largemouth Smallmouth Bass Redbreast Collins Creek Seasonal Island Bass Sunfish Camp and 0.2 miles from (1.8 miles); S u m t e r Maybington Road stay left N a t i o n a l F o r e s t Channel Notchlip Redhorse Bullhead Catfish *

Catfish Newberry k Help conserve native species by never releasing aquatic organisms 9 j County, SC into water other than that from which they were caught. Don't F dump your bait bucket unless it is Bluegill back in to the waterbody where ENOREE RIVER: Sunfish that bait was collected. Collins Creek Brazelmans Bridge Road Seasonal Camp River Access and Parking Area

34°27'30"N 1466 State Road S-44-45 3720 Brazelmans Bridge Road 34°27'30"N Whitmire, SC 29178 Newberry, SC 29178 For more information, M a y - Disclaimer please visit The landing is downstream of Brazelmans www.fs.usda.gov/scnfs Bridge Road, river-left. Directional signage There is some risk involved in water paddling. b i n g t o n from the road will lead you to a small parking Strother Landing The ultimate responsibility for safety lies area and concrete boat ramp. For more solely with you. Upstate Forever and its River Access and information, visit: www.fs.usda.gov/main/scnfs partners disclaim all warranties, expressed Parking Area or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, Strother Road, Blair, SC or reliability of the information provided in this 34.393142, -81.393956 map and shall not be held liable to any user of Strother Landing is located this map. 600 feet downstream of the

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