Outer Loop

Outer Loop: 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 Outer Loop

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 Outer Loop: tips

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

How to reach Outer Loop — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.27385, -81.57354. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Outer Loop

• Wells Japanese Garden · sanctuary · Newberry · ~5 km · Must-see
• Little Mountain · viewpoint · Newberry · ~22 km · Must-see
• Parr Reservoir · lake · Newberry · ~24 km · Must-see
• Monticello Reservoir · lake · Fairfield · ~29 km · Must-see
• Lake Murray · lake · Newberry · ~30 km · Must-see
• Cedar Grove Lutheran Church · church · Lexington · ~42 km · Must-see
• Lake Greenwood State Park · lake · Greenwood · ~45 km · Must-see
• Old Stone House · fort · Fairfield · ~46 km · Must-see
• Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site · park · Union · ~47 km · Must-see
• Lake Greenwood · lake · Laurens · ~54 km · Must-see
• First Baptist Church of Ninety Six · church · Greenwood · ~54 km · Must-see
• Ninety Six National Historic Site · park · Greenwood · ~54 km · Must-see
• Lexington County Museum · museum · Lexington · ~55 km · Must-see
• Laurens County Courthouse · fort · Laurens · ~60 km · Must-see
• Episcopal Church of the Nativity · church · Union · ~61 km · Must-see
• Battle of Blackstock's Historic Site · fort · Union · ~63 km · Must-see
• Saluda Factory Historic District · fort · Lexington · ~67 km · Must-see
• Riverbanks Zoo · sanctuary · Richland · ~68 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Outer Loop

Other treks near Outer Loop

• Inner Loop · trek · Newberry · ~0 km
• Palmetto Trail: Lynch's Woods Passage · trek · Newberry · ~1 km
• Hiking and Biking Connector · trek · Newberry · ~1 km
• Palmetto Trail: Newberry Passage · trek · Newberry · ~7 km
• Palmetto Trail: Peak to Prosperity Passage · trek · Newberry · ~21 km
• Jew's Harp Spring Trail · trek · Union · ~29 km
• Billy Dreher Nature Trail · trek · Newberry · ~32 km
• Little Gap Trail · trek · Newberry · ~34 km
• Palmetto Trail: Enoree Passage · trek · Laurens · ~35 km
• Millers Fork Trail · trek · Laurens · ~45 km

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