Table Rock State Park (South Carolina)

South Carolina State Parks
name=Table Rock State Park

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caption=Table Rock Mountain from the state park
built=1935cite web|url=http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/350.aspx|date=14 October, 2007|title="About This Park - Table Rock State Park - South Carolina State Parks"]
area= convert|3083|acre|km2|1
closest_town=Pickens, SC
camping_sites= Both regular and RV campsites cite web|url=http://www.carolinanow.com/recsites/tablerock.htm|date=14 October, 2007|title="Table Rock State Park - (near) Pickens"] Mountain cabins are also available in the parkcite web|url=http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/350.aspx"|date=14 October, 2007|title="About This Park - Table Rock State Park - South Carolina State Parks"]
hiking_trails=Eastern trailhead of the Foothills TrailA trail to the summit of Pinnacle Mountain
other_info=Pets are allowed everywhere, except the cabin areas, as long as they're on a leash
footnotes=

Table Rock State Park is a convert|3083|acre|km2|sing=on park at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is in the northern section of Pickens County, South Carolina. The state park houses the tallest mountain totally within the statecite web|url=http://sciway2.net/2001/sc-geology/blue_ridge.htm|date=9 May, 2007|title="South Carolina - Naturally!"] , Pinnacle Mountain.

History

The park was built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC). The park's land came from donations in 1935 by Pickens County and the city of Greenville who donated a total of convert|2860|acre|km2. More land came through purchases from various landowners and a donation from Elizabeth Ellison brought the total acreage of the property up to the present.cite web|url=http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/350.aspx|date=14 October, 2007|title="About This Park - Table Rock State Park - South Carolina State Parks"]

Miles to...

* Charleston, SC: 248
* Columbia, SC: 135
* Florence, SC: 216
* Greenville, SC: 30
* Charlotte, NC: 126
* Raleigh, NC: 263
* Atlanta, GA: 160
* Augusta, GA: 137cite web|url=http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/350.aspx|date=14 October, 2007|title="About This Park - Table Rock State Park - South Carolina State Parks"]

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