Main Trail

Main 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 Main 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 Main Trail: tips

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

How to reach Main Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 33.96287, -80.93319. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Main Trail

• Columbia South Carolina Temple · church · Richland · ~5 km · Must-see
• Woodlands and Millwood · fort · Richland · ~5 km · Must-see
• W. Gordon Belser Arboretum · park · Richland · ~7 km · Must-see
• Wesley Methodist Church · church · Richland · ~12 km · Must-see
• Congaree Creek Earthworks · fort · Lexington · ~12 km · Must-see
• Trinity Episcopal Cathedral · church · Richland · ~12 km · Must-see
• Woodrow Wilson Family Home & Gardens · museum · Richland · ~13 km · Must-see
• James F. Byrnes · attraction · Richland · ~13 km · Must-see
• Robert Mills House · museum · Richland · ~13 km · Must-see
• Church of the Apostles · church · Richland · ~13 km · Must-see
• First Baptist Church · church · Richland · ~13 km · Must-see
• Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church · church · Richland · ~13 km · Must-see
• Columbia Museum of Art · museum · Richland · ~13 km · Must-see
• Mann-Simons Cottage · fort · Richland · ~14 km · Must-see
• Sidney Park CME Church · church · Richland · ~14 km · Must-see
• Ebenezer Lutheran Church · church · Richland · ~14 km · Must-see
• Modjeska Monteith Simkins House · fort · Richland · ~14 km · Must-see
• Finlay Park · park · Richland · ~14 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Main Trail

Other treks near Main Trail

• Palmetto Trail · trek · Clarendon · ~69 km · Must-see
• Perimeter Trail · trek · Richland · ~0 km
• Palmetto Trail: Capital City Passage to Gate 2 · trek · Richland · ~7 km
• Palmetto Trail: Capital City Passage · trek · Richland · ~11 km
• Palmetto Trail: Fort Jackson Passage · trek · Richland · ~12 km
• Timmerman Trail · trek · Lexington · ~12 km
• Innovista Trail · trek · Richland · ~13 km
• West Columbia Riverwalk · trek · Lexington · ~15 km
• Jackson Creek Nature Trail · trek · Richland · ~17 km
• Loop Trail · trek · Richland · ~18 km

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