Croft State Natural Area
PARK PROGRAMS
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Geo-cashing is an increasingly popular outdoor activity. Geo-casher and teacher Tom Taylor will provide a basic orientation to use of GPS units for geo-cashing, and offer some fun hands-on practice with actual units outside, near Park Center. Meet at Park Center. No registration is required, and there is no fee for this program beyond park admission.
Paris Mountain State Park
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Participants will travel on horseback through beautiful Croft State Natural Area with a park guide. Riders will hear how people once lived here and used the land in past eras. Along the way, visitors will discover old homesteads, cemeteries and mineral springs where they will hear a brief history of Whitestone Springs, where people once purchased water for health purposes. This will be a fun-filled and relaxing day on horseback discovering Croft State Natural Area's varied history.
Croft State Natural Area
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Late fall is the perfect time to enjoy the natural world on the way to the remote lake known as Reservoir Three. Starting on the dry slopes of Brissy Ridge Trail, then dropping down to Pipsissewa Trail, we will cricle around the lake, enjoying the reflection of late fall colors. A variety of habitats awaits us on this 5-mile moderate, 3.5 hour hiie. Meet at the Brissy Ridge trailhead, at the top of the park road. The program fee is $8.00 per person. Admission fee is waived. Registration required. To register, call the park office (864-244-5565), or email to ctaylor@scprt.com
Paris Mountain State Park
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In South Carolina, people celebrate Arbor Day on the first Saturday in December. Come help plant trees in Paris Mountain State Park, and focus on the many benefits provided by the trees around us. This joint venture of the Paris Mountain State Park Friends and the park staff is a great service activity for scouts, families, and anyone else who appreciates trees.
Paris Mountain State Park
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The differences between Christmas during the southern antebellum period and what the common perception of the “Charles Dickens-Victorian” Christmas, are really two completely different things. Antebellum Christmas was actually a low-key affair. A day spent with family, a better-than-usual meal, small gifts exchanged, and a church observance were the major events. Décor, was usually geared towards “sprucing up the house” with evergreens and holly to brighten up the dreary winter, when compared to the Victorian Wonderland with which we all are most familiar. Come and view Rose Hill Plantation as it might have been in the Antebellum era. Interpreters in period clothing will be on hand to walk visitors through the mansion, and explain the differences between a real Antebellum Christmas, and the image of Christmas with which we are all familiar. The Mansion will be decorated for the holidays throughout the month of December. Admission for the Holiday Open House is $5.00 per person.
Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site
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 Spartanburg
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