There is nothing better than a good road trip: driving down the open road, eating at tiny roadside diners, going 150 miles out of the way to take a selfie in front of … the Peachoid water tower! Oh Say, can you see … me with the world’s largest frying pan?
This geotrail honors those unique, odd, bizarre, fun, historic, campy, weird, and just downright interesting roadside attractions in North and South Carolina. The caches aren’t meant to be hard, it is a power-trail after all. None of the caches are hidden at the posted locations - but answer the question correctly and you will have a working set of coordinates. All of the hides are preform bottles.
Stretched along the Catawba River on the South Carolina fall line, Landsford Canal State Park is home to the well-preserved remains of the canal system that made the river commercially navigable from 1820 to 1835. The Landsford Canal was once an important trading route running from the coast to the Foothills of South Carolina. Designed by Robert Mills and built in 1820 by Robert Leckie to avoid the rough waters of the nearby Catawba River. The canal did not operate long, however, due to continual problems with flooding but today is one of only a handful of canals in the State that have survived without structural damage. The canal was 2 miles long, 12 feet wide, and 10 feet deep and had 5 locks to traverse a 32 feet change in elevation. The Landsford Canal State Historic Site was created to protect this unique structure. In addition to the canal and locks, a keepers house has been preserved. The canal and associated structures were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
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Where is the historic Landsford Canal?
A. Catawba, SC - 912
B. Anderson, SC - 640
C. Greenville, SC - 282
D. Columbia, SC - 973