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The Mountains of South Carolina refers to the Blue Ridge Mountains, a province of the larger Appalachian Mountains, that stretches from Maine to Alabama. It is the smallest geographical region in the whole state. In South Carolina, this regions consists mostly of igneous and metamorphic rocks of Precambrian age.
The Blue Ridge contains the highest mountains in eastern North America south of Baffin Island. About 125 peaks exceed 5,000 feet (1,500 m) in elevation. [6] The highest peak in the Blue Ridge (and in the entire Appalachian chain) is Mount Mitchell in North Carolina at 6,684 feet (2,037 m).
In 1935 approximately 2,860 acres (11.6 km 2) of land was donated to the state of South Carolina by Pickens County and the city of Greenville. [11] [12] The park was created in the 1930s, first by two companies of World War I veterans employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps. [1]
The Blue Ridge Mountains as seen from the Blue Ridge Parkway near Mount Mitchell. The following is a list of mountains constituting the Blue Ridge, a mountain range stretching about 450 miles from Pennsylvania to Georgia in the USA. The Blue Ridge is part of the larger Appalachian Mountain Range.
South Carolina Highway 11 (SC 11), also known as the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, is a 119.850-mile (192.880 km) state highway through the far northern part of the U.S. state of South Carolina, following the southernmost peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The route is surrounded by peach orchards, quaint villages, and parks.
Blue Ridge Mountains The Saluda Mountains are a mountain range that straddles along the North Carolina and South Carolina border, in the southeastern United States. They are part of the Blue Ridge Province of the Southern Appalachian Mountains .
Travelers Rest is a city in Greenville County, South Carolina. Its population was 7,788 at the 2020 census. [8] It is part of the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area. Travelers Rest, the northernmost city in Greenville County, is located 10 miles north of Greenville and around 20 miles south of the North Carolina border.
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina, United States. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects according to a list of criteria of national significance. [ 1 ]