Mark's Photo Travels

Back in February, I visited Todd Creek Falls and Waldrop Stone Falls in the Clemson Experimental Forest near Six Mile in Pickens County. This week I found the time to visit a few more points of interest in the same area. First was a visit to a waterfall on a tributary of Todd Creek. The parking area for this waterfall is on the south side of Brookbend Road , a short distance west of a bridge over Todd Creek. Get directions to the parking area  with Google Maps . The road is gated with metal cable. Park on either side, and please do not block the road. I followed the directions to the waterfall in this PDF of a student slideshow. Walk down the road, through a meadow. At the end of the meadow, the trail will fork. Take the right fork. Just before the road goes over a culvert, you should see a plainly visible trail heading left. You should also clearly hear the waterfall. Follow the short trail to the base of the waterfall. The part that goes to the ba...

I dedicated one of my vacation days this week to visit Pinnacle Mountain Falls, a waterfall located off the Palmetto Trail on Pinnacle Mountain near Table Rock State Park in Pickens County. The trailhead is located in Table Rock State Park ($2 admission fee until the busy season, then it's $5) by what is now called Pinnacle Pavilion, formerly known as The Barn. I had the area to myself, so I felt free to give the pavilion a quick looky look. I took a peek in the window, and thought about what kind of events could be held here. Then it was on to the trailhead. I took notice of this sign. I did see plenty of small, nuisance type bees going to and from the waterfall, and a few bumble bees too, but none of them showed any interest in me. The trail is blazed yellow, and easy enough to follow. The trail crosses a dirt road... before descending toward the Table Rock Wesleyan Camp . The camp was greatly obscured by greening trees, so I couldn't capture m...