Nine Times Two
The weather around here has turned hot and humid (it is June after all!), but that didn't keep me from exploring two protected properties each on one side of East Preston McDaniel Road (near S.C. 11) in northern Pickens County: Nine Times Preserve and Nine Times Forest. Nine Times Preserve Nine Times Preserve is a 560 acre nature preserve, located on the south side of East Preston McDaniel Road, owned and operated by The Nature Conservancy . Upstate Forever bought property in 2007 from a logging company, then The Nature Conservancy bought the property from Upstate Forever in 2009. During the winter of 2012, The Nature Conservancy built three trails : Cedar Rock Trail, Rocky Bald Loop Trail, and Trillium Trail. I chose to hike the Rocky Bald Loop Trail in part to see the small waterfall along the trail. I parked at the Rocky Bald Parking Area, located at approximately 34.90503, -82.80891 or about half way between Eastatoe Creek Road and Nine Times Road . I read over the...