Classic Carolina Road Trips from Columbia: Historic Destinations & Natural Wonders

by Tom Poland

Overview

Columbia, South Carolina, sits in a perfect position—each of the numerous treasures of the Palmetto State is less than a day's drive from the capital.

Near Charleston, 137 miles from Columbia, you can enjoy more than seventeen thousand square feet of shade from the iconic Angel Oak. In Blackville, 49 miles from Columbia, you can visit a natural spring that has been deeded to God since 1944. A 53-mile trip to Edgefield will put you in the heart of Peach Country, where you can see many of the peach orchards that make South Carolina one of the nation's leading producers of the sweet fruit. Join author and day-tripper Tom Poland as he maps the beautiful treasures of South Carolina.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626196506
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	08/05/2014
Series:	History & Guide
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

A Southern writer, Tom Poland's work has appeared in magazines throughout the South. The University of South Carolina Press published his book, Save The Last Dance For Me: A Love Story of the Shag and the Society of Stranders. He taught for nineteen years as an adjunct professor in journalism at the University of South Carolina's School of Journalism and Mass Communications. He writes weekly columns for newspapers and journals in Georgia and South Carolina.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

The Classic American Road Trip-Before You Go 11

Strike Out and Explore 13

Make it an Overnighter: Day Trips 151 or More Miles Away

A Dance Kingdom 19

Brookgreen Gardens 23

Oconee Station Historic Site 25

Road Trip Down Highway 76, Leg One 29

Road Trip Down Highway 76, Leg Two 31

Road Trip Down Highway 76, Leg Three 35

Take a Sentimental Journey 39

The Chattooga 41

The Walhalla State Fish Hatchery 45

Waterfall Country 49

Gas Up and Hit The Road: Day Trips 101 to 150 Miles Away

The Angel Oak: A Tree for the Ages 55

Beaufort National Cemetery 59

Caesars Head 63

Campbell's Covered Bridge 67

Cape Romain Wildlife Refuge 71

Charleston Tea Plantation 73

Collins Ole Towne 75

Cowpens 77

Folly Beach 79

Fort Fremont and the Chapel of Ease 81

Georgetown: Where Rice Was Golden 85

Greenville: A Whitewater City 89

Holy City Getaway 91

Paddle with the Dolphins 95

Sassafras Mountain 99

Sheldon Church Ruins 103

Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel 107

The Northwest Corner 111

The Sweetgrass Highway 115

The South Carolina Tobacco Museum 119

Wrought-Iron Majesty 123

A Hop, Skip and a Jump: Day Trips 51 to 100 Miles Away

A Place You May Never See: The Savannah River Site 129

Brattonsville and Glencairn Gardens 133

Catawba Pottery 135

Explore Aiken 139

Four Holes Swamp and Francis Beidler Forest 143

Hartsville-Simple Pleasures, Natural Treasures 145

Historic Abbeville 147

Historic Edgefield 151

Landsford Canal 155

McCormick: Cyrus's Dream Town 159

Old French Huguenot Country 163

Parson's Mountain Lake Recreation Area 167

Peach Country 171

Southern Art in Southern Scandinavia 175

The Freshwater Coast 177

The Glendale Ruins 181

The Soulful South 185

The South Carolina Cotton Museum 189

Walnut Grove Plantation 193

Walterboro's Green Shimmering Heart 195

West Main Street, Spartanburg 197

Woods Bay State Park 201

Just Around the Corner: Day Trips 50 Miles or Less

A Place Called Prosperity 207

Blackville's Healing Springs 211

Congaree National Park 215

Harbison State Forest 219

Hite's Bar-B-Que 223

Rediscover the Old South 227

Swan Lake Iris Gardens 231

The Big Mo Drive-In Theater 235

The Saluda Theater 239

Wells Japanese Garden 243

Bibliography 245

About the Author 255