South Carolina trails · NWR Route 5
NWR Route 5
A 2.2-mile out-and-back in South Carolina, with 109 ft of climbing. Reaches Hamburg Lake and other lake destinations.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the final third — 66% of the ascent, between mile 1.4 and mile 2.2. It gives back about 80 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Hamburg Lake (lake)
- Twin Lakes (lake)
Getting there
NWR Route 5 access. About 37 min drive (21 mi, 1 of them unpaved) from Hartsville. 34.55897, -80.22857 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:00 a.m., the sun rises at 7:25 a.m. and sets at 6:47 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:13 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 22 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 4.3-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 43 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 9:08 a.m. — 9 h 40 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Tate's Trail — 1.2 mi
- NWR Route 8 — 4.0 mi