Old 96 District: Discover the Unexpected Wonders Abbeville County Edgefi eld County GONE PADDLIN’ LAKE GREENWOOD STATE PARK, NINETY SIX Time your trip around sunrise, when mist rises off the lake and creates an enchanted atmosphere. The flat, calm cove around Souls Harbor is a perfect place for beginners to gain experience. PALMETTO PINES OUTFITTERS, MCCORMICK Save the trip and have a kayak or paddleboard brought to you to maximize your paddling time on Strom Thurmond Reservoir, where you’ll explore tributaries, traverse wide-open waters and soak up 1,200 miles of forested shoreline. HICKORY KNOB STATE RESORT PARK, MCCORMICK Another paddling hot spot on vast Strom Thurmond Reservoir, you can rent your watercraft right from the park, which is also home to lodge-style rooms, a golf course, restaurant and hiking and biking trails. LITTLE RIVER BLUEWAY, MCCORMICK With 51 miles of water trails, the blueway carries you past farmland, under bridges and through gentle eddies and springs. Look out for flora and fauna like trumpet creepers, jewelweed, belted kingfishers, blue herons, river otters and beavers. Greenwood County Laurens County McCormick County Abbeville, Edgefi eld, Greenwood, Laurens, and McCormick Counties SCAN HERE TO LEARN MORE Lake Greenwood State Park, Ninety Six 91
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