South Carolina trails · NWR Route 8
NWR Route 8
A 8.2-mile out-and-back in South Carolina, with 247 ft of climbing. Reaches King Sand Hills.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 240 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- King Sand Hills (summit)
Getting there
NWR Route 8 access. About 41 min drive (25 mi, 1 of them unpaved) from Hartsville. 34.61518, -80.20757 · 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 16.4-mile round trip takes roughly 6 h 19 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:44 p.m. — 5 h 04 min before sunset.
Loop options
- NWR Route 12 + NWR Route 8 + NWR Route 11b — 6.2 mi loop, 427 ft gain
- NWR Route 8a + NWR Route 11 + NWR Route 8 — 4.8 mi loop, 361 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Tate's Trail — 3.2 mi
- NWR Route 5 — 4.0 mi