Carrick Creek Loop Trail

Carrick Creek 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 Carrick Creek 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 Carrick Creek Loop Trail: tips

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

How to reach Carrick Creek Loop Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.03451, -82.70494. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Carrick Creek Loop Trail

• Pinnacle Mountain · viewpoint · Pickens · ~4 km · Must-see
• Sassafras Mountain · viewpoint · Pickens · ~9 km · Must-see
• Sassafras Mountain · viewpoint · Transylvania · ~9 km · Must-see
• Raven Cliff Falls · waterfall · Greenville · ~11 km · Must-see
• Caesars Head Mountain · viewpoint · Greenville · ~13 km · Must-see
• Chestnut Mountain · viewpoint · Greenville · ~18 km · Must-see
• Chestnut Mountain · viewpoint · Transylvania · ~18 km · Must-see
• Glassy Mountain · viewpoint · Pickens · ~19 km · Must-see
• Gorges State Park · sanctuary · Transylvania · ~25 km · Must-see
• Jocassee Dam · lake · Oconee · ~26 km · Must-see
• Lake Jocassee · lake · Oconee · ~27 km · Must-see
• Norton Falls on Lake Glenville · waterfall · Pickens · ~30 km · Must-see
• Holmes Educational State Forest · sanctuary · Greenville · ~32 km · Must-see
• Lower Whitewater Falls Trail · waterfall · Oconee · ~33 km · Must-see
• Saluda Lake · lake · Pickens · ~34 km · Must-see
• Furman University Bell Tower · park · Greenville · ~34 km · Must-see
• Robinson Rock House Ruin and Plantation Site · fort · Greenville · ~34 km · Must-see
• Keowee · fort · Oconee · ~35 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Carrick Creek Loop Trail

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• Arkaquah Trail · trek · Union · ~132 km · Must-see
• Foothills Trail · trek · Pickens · ~26 km
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• Alum Cave Trail · trek · East Tennessee · ~119 km
• Mountain Laurel Trail · trek · Pickens · ~1 km
• Table Rock Trail · trek · Pickens · ~1 km
• Carolina Climbers Coalition Trail · trek · Pickens · ~1 km

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