Roughing it
Ceasar's Head to Jones Gap
Sit next to a warm, crackling fireplace in a mountainside cabin, listen to the ocean waves crashing from a rocking chair on a screened-in porch or watch the sun set over the lake from your lakeside villa. A relaxing stay in one of the parks’ cabins or villas is an essential part of the state park experience, and guests will be treated to these sights and sounds, and many more. Some of the state’s best overnight accommodations can be found in the parks, and the options and amenities are limitless.
Quaint, rustic CCC cabins have a rugged feel to them and can be found in several of the parks from quiet lots in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Escarpment to quiet locations located only a short walk to the beach. The cabins, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, have their place in history, but all the amenities of a modern-day cabin, including linens and fully-equipped kitchens.
Caesars Head connects to Jones Gap State Park in what is known as the Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area, a 13,000-acre area of pristine southern mountain forest. Hikers can take a number of loop and traverse hiking trails that connect the parks, including a portion of the Foothills Trail and Palmetto Trail South Carolina hikers know and love. When it comes to angling South Carolina really shines. The state's first designated scenic river, Middle Saluda River, runs through Mountain Bridge and offers some of the best trout fishing South Carolina has to offer.
Cabins at Table Rock
Below this section of the Blue Ridge Mountains, South Carolina natives and visitors can enjoy Table Rock State Park cabins. Fourteen cabins are completely furnished, heated, air-conditioned, and supplied with bath and bed linens, basic cooking and eating utensils, automatic coffee maker, refrigerator, stove, microwave, and include a screened porch and fireplace.
