Southern Highroads Trail » south carolina http://www.southernhighroads.org/blog 364 mile loop of scenic highway through 4 Southern states Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:22:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Oconee County – South Carolina http://www.southernhighroads.org/blog/oconee-county-south-carolina/ http://www.southernhighroads.org/blog/oconee-county-south-carolina/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:16:29 +0000 southernhighroadstrail http://southernhighroadstrail.wordpress.com/?p=148
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Southern Highroads may only go through one county in South Carolina, but there’s enough activity and attractions there to spend an entire day. There’s plenty of outdoor recreation as well as festivals occurring several times a year. So let’s take a look at Oconee County, SC

The county seat is Walhalla (fun name huh?) and they host the Oktoberfest Fest in the area every year, usually beginning in mid-October.

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The attractions they have are primarily outdoor, such as The Stumphouse Tunnel, Issaqueena Falls and Brasstown Falls, and the Chattooga River (made famous from Deliverance, which I will refrain from Youtube’ing. Heh). There is also the Oconee Station that was built in 1792.

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There’s three beautiful lakes there, Lake Keowee, Lake Hartwell, and Lake Jocassee. And the SC Botanical Gardens are also here. If you’ve never been to a botanical garden, I highly recommend it. It’s more than just seeing a bunch of flowers and plants. Typically there’s unusual species of flowers, birds that are not too afraid of humans so you can see them upclose, and always something to be learned. Just take a Bendedryl before you go there. :)

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