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Foothills Trail route map
Difficulty: DifficultPoint to Point
Table Rock/South Carolina

Foothills Trail

Pickens, South Carolina

72.3 mi

Distance

20,741 ft

Elev. Gain

31h 5m

Est. Time

Point to Point

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Foothills Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

South Carolina Parks, Recreation & Tourism manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:343 ft
Max:1,071 ft
Gain:6,322 ft
Loss:6,141 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 343 ft and 1,071 ft across 72.3 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.343 ft586 ft828 ft1,071 ft0.0 mi18.1 mi36.2 mi54.2 mi72.3 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi363 ft
High point9.3 mi1,071 ft
End72.3 mi544 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Point to Point

Official sources & verification

Managed by South Carolina Parks, Recreation & Tourism

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
Caesars Head, SC · about 6 mi away
County:
Pickens County, SC
Jurisdiction:
Table Rock · South Carolina Parks, Recreation & Tourism

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

Verify by phone or mail

  • Operator:(864) 878-9813
  • Address:158 Ellison Ln, Pickens, SC 29671 · SC
We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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