South Carolina trails · Palmetto Trail (En)

Palmetto Trail (En)

A 37.0-mile point-to-point in South Carolina, with 228 ft of climbing. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.

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Length

37.0 mi

Elevation gain

228 ft

Difficulty

Hard

Max grade

16%

Steepest mile

+151 ft

Tread at ≥10% grade

0.5 mi

Shape

point-to-point

Managed by

U.S. Forest Service

Elevation profile

The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 1,633 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.

3-D terrain

USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5

Heads up

Stream ford: expect at least one unbridged crossing.

Sections reported faint or hard to follow — carry a map or download this area offline.

Getting there

PALMETTO TRAIL (EN) access. 34.36310, -81.64488 · directions

Daylight at the trailhead

On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:33 a.m., the sun rises at 6:58 a.m. and sets at 7:54 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:20 p.m. (EDT) — 12 h 55 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 37.0-mile route works out to roughly 13 h 50 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.