Greenville, South Carolina

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Greenville is located in the high country of South Carolina far away from the beaches and swamps of the low country. This area is apple and peach orchard country, if you happen to travel through at the right time of the year do yourself a favor and pick up some fresh fruit for a wonderful snack and it is a good idea to get enough to make some homemade ice cream while you are here, nothing is finer than homemade peach ice cream. The city situated among pretty rolling hills with numerous rivers, lakes and picturesque streams. Greenville is just a stones throw from beautiful mountain scenery which a first time visitor does not expect to see in South Carolina.
A beautiful driving tour of the area is on highway 11 a one hundred thirty mile road which is a wonderful alternative to traveling busy I-85.This scenic highway runs from I-85 at the Georgia border to the North Carolina border and offers some of the prettiest views in the southeastern United States.
When you tire of driving take a break walk on a leisurely hike on the Foothills Trail, which is an eighty mile hiking trail. It runs from Table Rock State Park to the lower Whitewater Falls which is the highest waterfall in the eastern United States. This area of South Carolina has an abundance of outdoor activities because of the numerous state and national forests. There are plentiful lakes in this area including Lake Hartwell which has nine hundred sixty two miles of shoreline, Lake Jocassee which has seventy five miles of scenic shoreline and Lake Keowee which has approximately three hundred miles of shoreline. Now you understand why boating and water sports are so popular here. The fishing, camping, and hunting in the Greenville area are plentiful thanks to these and many other lakes and streams in the area.