South Carolina trails · Palmetto Trail - Blue Wall Passage
Palmetto Trail - Blue Wall Passage
A 3.0-mile out-and-back in South Carolina, with 1,505 ft of climbing. Reaches Vaughns Gap.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the final third — 58% of the ascent, between mile 2.0 and mile 3.0. It climbs almost continuously, with little descent to recover on.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Vaughns Gap (pass)
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:34 a.m., the sun rises at 7:00 a.m. and sets at 7:57 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:23 p.m. (EDT) — 12 h 57 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 6.1-mile round trip takes roughly 3 h 45 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 10:45 a.m. — 9 h 12 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Waterfall Trail + Palmetto Trail - Blue Wall Passage — 0.9 mi loop, 94 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Palmetto Trail - Poinsett Reservoir Passage — 3.5 mi
- Saluda Mountains Passage of the Palmetto Trail — 7.9 mi
- Pinnacle Pass Trail — 16.1 mi
- Jones Gap Trail — 16.2 mi