GCZ270 Sassafrass (Traditional Cache) in North Carolina, United States created by waypointazoid

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GCZ270 ▼

A cache by waypointazoid Message this owner

Hidden : 10/26/2006

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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The highest point in South Carolina.

A "must do" for geocaching in the Upstate!

Rising up from the Blue Ridge in the Appalachian Mountains, Mount Sassafras is 3560 feet high. She sits on the edge of the North Carolina line in Pickens County. Among the streams rising on its flanks is the South Branch Saluda River, one of the two main source streams of the Saluda River. Its name is attributed to the abundant growth of Sassafras trees along the lower slopes. The view off the North slope is Awesome!

There are lots of caches just off Hwy 178 on your way up, including my most favorite micro: GCPG6D. And don't forget to log the benchmark disc at the summit: FB4025. This cache is an Ammo can with a log book, pencil and swag.

You can take a short hike through the forest on the Foothills trail from Chimneytown Gap to the summit, or you can take Highway 11 to Table Rock State Park and take a long hike on the Pinnacle Mountain/Foothills Trails, which go through several miles of mountains and eventually lead to Sassafras Mountain. The Easiest way is to get on route 178, accessible from I-85 or any surrounding routeways. You drive to the town of Rocky Bottom, a little before you reach the North Carolina state line. If you see a welcome to North Carolina sign on route 178, you have gone too far. From the South Carolina side, you take a right turn where you see a sign for a school for the blind. This road is also called road 199, or F. Van Clayton road. You drive for 5 miles up a long hill, and you are almost at the summit. You follow a small paved path the rest of the way. (100 Yds)

As always in mountainous terrain, be aware of natures hazzards.

You haven't done South Carolina until you've done Sassafras!