Sassafras Mountain

So you, so that did, but to your point, your point is doesn't matter.

They could send it to Hilton head, send it to Hilton head, Sassafras mountain or whatever, you know, whatever other landmarks are in South Carolina, they're going to find people indigenous to that community who are going to feel the same way that the people of Colleton County did.

Okay.

They're not idiots.

The Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, better known as Highway 11, runs along the base of the mountains and connects Table Rock State Park, Long Shoals Wayside Park, and Lake Hartwell State Park along a single road that many travelers use as an alternative to Interstate 85.

Highway 178, known locally as the Mountain Highway, climbs through the Jocassee Gorges area of Pickens County and offers a side trip to Sassafras Mountain, the highest point in the state.

Recommended fall foliage destinations across the region include Sassafras Mountain, Pickens County, South Carolina's highest peak at more than thirty-five hundred feet with a three hundred and sixty degree observation platform overlooking South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia.

Managed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources with no admission fee.

Table Rock State Park, Pickens, South Carolina.

Where is the best place to see fall foliage near Clemson, South Carolina? The closest high elevation foliage viewing to Clemson is at Table Rock State Park in Pickens County and along the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway on Highway 11, both roughly a thirty to forty-five-minute drive.

Closer to town, the Clemson Experimental Forest and the shoreline of Lake Hartwell turn later in the season, typically late October into November.

What is the highest point in South Carolina, and can you see fall color from it? Sassafras Mountain in Pickens County, at more than thirty-five hundred feet tall, is the highest point in South Carolina.