Loop Trail

Loop Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Loop Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

Visiting Loop Trail: tips

• Start early, check the weather and tell someone your route.

How to reach Loop Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.08713, -80.90783. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Loop Trail

• Sesquicentennial State Park · park · Richland · ~1 km · Must-see
• Village Lake · lake · Richland · ~9 km · Must-see
• W. Gordon Belser Arboretum · park · Richland · ~16 km · Must-see
• Woodlands and Millwood · fort · Richland · ~16 km · Must-see
• Woodrow Wilson Family Home & Gardens · museum · Richland · ~18 km · Must-see
• Robert Mills House · museum · Richland · ~18 km · Must-see
• Wesley Methodist Church · church · Richland · ~18 km · Must-see
• Columbia South Carolina Temple · church · Richland · ~18 km · Must-see
• Modjeska Monteith Simkins House · fort · Richland · ~18 km · Must-see
• Mann-Simons Cottage · fort · Richland · ~18 km · Must-see
• Church of the Apostles · church · Richland · ~18 km · Must-see
• Ebenezer Lutheran Church · church · Richland · ~18 km · Must-see
• Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church · church · Richland · ~18 km · Must-see
• First Baptist Church · church · Richland · ~18 km · Must-see
• Trinity Episcopal Cathedral · church · Richland · ~19 km · Must-see
• Sidney Park CME Church · church · Richland · ~19 km · Must-see
• Columbia Museum of Art · museum · Richland · ~19 km · Must-see
• James F. Byrnes · attraction · Richland · ~19 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Loop Trail

Other treks near Loop Trail

• Palmetto Trail · trek · Clarendon · ~79 km · Must-see
• Sandhills Hiking Trail · trek · Richland · ~1 km
• Jackson Creek Nature Trail · trek · Richland · ~1 km
• Palmetto Trail: Capital City Passage to Gate 2 · trek · Richland · ~12 km
• Palmetto Trail: Fort Jackson Passage · trek · Richland · ~15 km
• Palmetto Trail: Capital City Passage · trek · Richland · ~16 km
• Main Trail · trek · Richland · ~18 km
• Perimeter Trail · trek · Richland · ~18 km
• Innovista Trail · trek · Richland · ~20 km
• West Columbia Riverwalk · trek · Lexington · ~21 km

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