Sassafras Mountain
N 35° 03.924 W 082° 46.653
17S E 337915 N 3881740
Sassafras is the highest peak in South Carolina at 3560 feet.
Waymark Code: WMXEF
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2006
Views: 59
Sassafras Mountain sits on the NC/SC border in Pickens county SC. You can drive to within 100 yards of the summit. During the Winter, due to less foilage, it's posible to see four states.
You can take a short hike through the forest on the Foothills trail from Chimneytown Gap to the summit, or you can take Highway 11 to Table Rock State Park and take a long hike on the Pinnacle Mountain/Foothills Trails, which goes through several miles of mountains and eventually leads to Sassafras Mountain.
The Easiest way is to get on route 178, accessible from I-85 or any surrounding routeways. You drive to the town of Rocky Bottom, a little before you reach the North Carolina state line. If you see a welcome to North Carolina sign on route 178, you have gone too far. From the South Carolina side, you take a right turn where you see a sign for a school for the blind. This road is also called road 199, or F. Van Clayton road. You drive for 5 miles up a long hill, and you are almost at the summit. You follow a small paved path the rest of the way. (100 Yds) As always in mountainous terrain, be aware of natures hazzards.
Altitude in Feet: 3560
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