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Southside Trail Loop - Croft Park

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 4.1 (45)
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  2. SC
  3. …Upstate SC
  4. …Spartanburg
  5. Croft State Park
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“A nice mixture of technical terrain, fast flat sections and flowy singletrack. ”

Samuel Shartzer
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8.2

Miles

13.2

KM
Singletrack

681' 208 m

High

548' 167 m

Low

508' 155 m

Up

505' 154 m

Down

2%

Avg Grade (1°)

17%

Max Grade (10°)

Dogs Off-leash

E-Bikes Unknown

$2 per person pay box.

Description

It seems clockwise is the best direction to go. From the parking lot you can access the trail in many ways. Just go to main sign and behind you'll see the main trail-head. About 20 yards behind that take a left on the trail for the fun to begin.

Be aware that this trail can get muddy and stay muddy for a long time after rain.

There are a lot of other trails in this park. The Southside Loop runs the perimeter and is the longest. It is a lot of fun but has a lot of roots. Some touch technical climbs and rough downhills. However there are also some really flat fast sections that are a blast also.

It's a big loop which is nice if you like to time and compete against yourself.

In the Upstate of SC it offers something different from Paris Mountain, Issaqueena and Dupont. If you have ridden all of these and not the Croft you should give it a try.

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Land Manager: SC Forestry Commission

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Samuel Shartzer
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  4.1 from 45 votes

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Southside Loop Trail at Croft.
Jul 14, 2016 near Pacolet, SC
Bombing the Range to Creek.
Oct 5, 2017 near Pacolet, SC
View of Fairforest Creek from north side of Southside Loop trail.
Sep 14, 2015 near Pacolet, SC
Climbing up Russel's Hump
Oct 5, 2017 near Pacolet, SC
Down by the river just off southside loop.
Oct 28, 2017 near Pacolet, SC
Riding down the Southside Loop trail.
Jun 25, 2017 near Roebuck, SC

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Sep 3, 2024
Matthew Cleveland
Still muddy in places; large tree down across creek crossing a little after 4 miles in (looks like new, leaves still green). First time visiting, fun! 8.6mi — 1h 22m
Jul 14, 2024
Jennifer Nelson
May 25, 2024
Stephan Coetzer
8.2mi — 2h 30m
Apr 20, 2024
Brad Ross
Sloppy wet and muddy 7.8mi — 1h 10m
Apr 14, 2024
Danny Workman
Mar 30, 2024
Brad Ross
A little muddy 8.9mi — 1h 23m
Sep 9, 2023
Chris Snell
Jul 28, 2023
Daniel daniel.ryan.paulsen@gmail.com

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