Keowee-Toxaway State Park

With its stunning view of the Blue Ridge and woods full of rhododendrons, mountain laurel and wildflowers, Keowee-Toxaway State Park is truly one of South Carolina’s pretty places.

The Jocassee Gorges Visitor Center exhibits and other visitor information serve as a gateway to the Jocassee Gorges, roughly 50,000 acres of largely undisturbed, protected land where the Blue Ridge Mountains quickly fall 2,000 feet or more to the Piedmont below.

The park features a rental cabin with a porch overlooking Lake Keowee and a courtesy dock. Camping also is available.

For day use, there’s picnicking, shoreline fishing and hiking trails.