Lancaster County, SC
Destinations that could be linked by the Carolina Thread Trail:
Andrew Jackson State Park
Andrew Jackson State Park combines history, art and community activities into a setting that has made it one of the S.C. State Park Service's most popular attractions.
The only park in the system dedicated to a U.S. president, Andrew Jackson State Park features a museum that details the boyhood of the nation's seventh president, who grew up here in what then was known as the Waxhaws of the South Carolina backcountry.
A striking highlight of the park grounds is the bold equestrian statue of "Old Hickory" sculpted by Anna Hyatt Huntington of Brookgreen Gardens fame. Living history programs with docents in period garb are included in the park's programming.
196 Andrew Jackson Park Road
Lancaster, SC 29720
(803) 285-3344
Deerborn Island State Park
This park has been identified as a potential South Carolina State Park. It includes islands within the Catawba River along the southern end of Lancaster and Chester counties.
Flat Creek Natural Area
Flat Creek Natural Area is located at the transition zone between the piedmont and inner coastal plain of South Carolina. This 1,324-acre property, which features Forty Acre Rock, is registered as a National Natural Landmark. Granite flatrocks, diabase dike, waterslide, waterfall, cave, beaver pond, piedmont cove forest, piedmont flood plain, chestnut oak forest, upland pine/hardwood, and other habitats and communities make the Flat Creek Heritage Preserve the most diverse protected area in the Piedmont Region of South Carolina.
40 Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
40 Acre Rock Heritage Preserve is home to a unique 14-acre rock outcropping and 1,567 acres of the most diverse protected area in the Piedmont region, including granite flatrocks, waterslide, waterfall, beaver pond, cave, hardwood and pine forests, and a variety of wildflowers and wildlife. The Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve is designated as a National Natural Landmark.
SC Department of Natural Resources
Heritage Trust Program
(803) 734-3886
Hanging Rock Battleground
Hanging Rock Battleground is located in Heath Springs, South Carolina. According to www.palmettocnservation.org the site was home to both Revolutionary War battles of Hanging Rock. Additionally, the house on site was the home place of former SC Congressman J.P. Richards, who was chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee during the Eisenhower Administration. Union General William T. Sherman camped on the grounds during the Civil War, and the owner has letters posted by Sherman from the house. Sherman's officers stayed in the house, but the General preferred to camp in a tent with his men.
Landsford Canal State Park
Landsford Canal, the best preserved of numerous 19th-century South Carolina river canals, has remnants of all its major structural features. It is the uppermost of four canals constructed on the Catawba Wateree river system during the period 1820-1835. Boats used the canals to bypass the rapids while carrying goods to and from the coast.
The 250-acre park includes the remnants of 1820 canal-culverts, stone bridges, locks, historic mill site and a lockkeeper's house which contains interpretive exhibits about the canal system in South Carolina.
The rocky shoals on the Catawba River are home to one of the world's largest populations of rocky shoals spider lilies. The spider lily can best be seen in full bloom in May. The shoals also provide excellent fishing opportunities for striped bass and bream.
2051 Park Drive
Catawba, SC 29704
(803) 789-5800