South Carolina hiking trails - Winding Stairs Trail, Blue Ridge Mountains, Oconee County

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Latitude: 34.92917
Longitude: -83.08583

User input for Winding Stairs Trail, Blue Ridge Mountains, Oconee County, South Carolina:

Donna Rachels:
I was told the Winding Stairs trail was at Devil's Fork State Park. Is this correct?

Sara:
From Walhalla, take 28 north/east and bear right on 107. You will pass oconee State Park, and then park at Cherry Hill Campground. The trail is behind Cherry Hill campground.

Rena Cantrell:
Unless I'm missing something I have no idea how to get to this trail without a gps. I live in GA and would like to visit.

Mike Crane, District Ranger, USFS:
Boating on the Chattooga River is currently illegal above the Highway 28 bridge.
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  Hiking trails are all over the Blue Ridge Mountains where you can truly take in all the beauty of these mountains. This part of South Carolina is always a pleasure to visit during hiking season. You'll have to go far from Seneca to get to Winding Stairs Trail but there's great natural beauty awaiting you along it.
That right there is heaps already, but it continues; Winding Stairs Trail has it all. Moody Spring is always fun to check out, and at Winding Stairs Trail you always meet someone from Seneca. Ok, you've been cooped up too long, time to
    get out in nature a bit and Winding Stairs Trail in Oconee County, South Carolina is a great place to go.
Winding Stairs Trail is splendid enough to spend more than a day at, Burrel Place Campground is a splendid local campground, and why not stop at close by West Fork Crane
Creek while you're here at Winding Stairs Trail. All the water falling down from the sky makes Winding Stairs Trail a wet location; March is when you get the most rain here, and April meanwhile is the driest month. Don't forget to take a brilliant little trip to Crane Creek, and in the event that you don't mind getting drenched, you can always go whitewater paddling on Chattooga River - East Fork.
During the summer here at Winding Stairs Trail, high temperatures usually reach the 70's, and all through the night it cools down to the 50's. For the duration
 
of the wintertime this place gets highs in the 40's, and overnight lows at Winding Stairs Trail through the wintertime regularly descend into the 20's. So much entertaining stuff in the Blue Ridge Mountains, just tremendous. There's so much to do here at Winding Stairs Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Moody Spring Campground is a delightful location for that, and whitewater paddling is great on Chattooga River.

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 Trails Near Winding Stairs Trail:
Burrells Ford Trail, Rabun County , 5 miles away
Foothills Trail, Oconee County , 5 miles away
Foothills Trail, Oconee County , 5 miles away
Ellicott Rock Trail, Macon County , 6 miles away
Three Forks Trail, Rabun County , 9 miles away
Whiteside Mountain National Recreation Trail, Jackson County , 9 miles away
Chattooga Trail, Rabun County , 13 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Winding Stairs Trail:
Moody Spring Campground, Oconee County, 1 miles away
Burrel Place Campground, Oconee County, 2 miles away
Burrells Ford Campground, Oconee County, 3 miles away
Oconee Station state Historic Site, Walhalla, 4 miles away
Camp Chatuga, Mountain Rest, 4 miles away
 Whitewater Near Winding Stairs Trail:
Chattooga River - East Fork, Oconee County County , 3 miles away, Class -blank- - 2.46 miles long (Walhalla Fish Hatchery to Chattooga)
Chattooga River, Oconee SC/ Rabun GA County County , 4 miles away, Class II-V - 11.3 miles long (Burrell's Ford to Highway 28 Bridge)
Chattooga River - East Fork, Oconee County County , 4 miles away, Class -blank- - 1.9 miles long (Highway 107 to Walhalla Fish Hatchery)
Chattooga River, Rabun/Oconee County County , 4 miles away, Class III-V(V+) - 5 miles long (Bull Pen Bridge to Burrells Ford Bridge)
Chattooga River, Jackson/Macon County County , 4 miles away, Class III-IV - 5 miles long (Bullpen Bridge to Burrell's Ford)
 National Parks Near Winding Stairs Trail:
Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville - NC , 53 miles away
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg - TN , 53 miles away
 Hotels Near Winding Stairs Trail:
Old Edwards Inn and Spa, Highlands , 10 miles away
Sapphire Valley Resort, Sapphire , 11 miles away
The Inn at Half Mile Farm, Highlands , 11 miles away
Jameson Inn Seneca, Seneca , 15 miles away
Seneca-Days Inn Clemson, Seneca , 16 miles away

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