Posted in South Carolina Hiking, Nature December 22, 2021 by

This 5.5-Mile Trail Leads Leads To A Tunnel And A Swinging Bridge In South Carolina

Hiking in South Carolina in the coming year? Go ahead and add this incredible trail to your bucket list! It features a tunnel. It features an old mill. And it features a long swinging bridge over a creek. One thing for certain? You won’t get bored reconnecting with Mother Nature on the Blue Star/Prairie Loop trail found within the Anne Springs Close Greenway. Let’s take a look at this trail with the very cool swinging bridge in South Carolina:

AllTrails calls this trail the Mill Pond, Tunnel Loop, Prairie Loop, Blue Star Loop. As long as the name is, it's relatively short at only 5.5 miles. The average hiker can finish it in about three hours.
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Users of AllTrails report it's only lightly trafficked... so not crowded at all.
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Expect a variety of terrain as you wander through all there is to see and enjoy. Did we mention the TUNNEL? Yep. It has one of those, too!
AllTrails/Keven Lenhart
The swinging bridge is way less scary than it looks.
AllTrails/Ross Raciappa
The folks who oversee Anne Springs Close Greenway are certain to make sure it's always a steady crossing for the creek here. So no worries there.
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Hop on and enjoy!
When you get to the old mill on the loop, you'll realize it's a replica. But that's okay. It's built to represent an old mill that sat on this very spot. Stop and explore. You don't see these just anywhere!
AllTrails/Mike Broskin
And the tunnel? Well, we definitely don't get to walk through tunnels often here in South Carolina.
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If it gets a little too dark for your comfort you might pull out a flashlight or at the very least use the flashlight feature on your smartphone. The tunnel really isn't that long — but that doesn't mean you shouldn't test out its echo abilities. Go head and belt out a Tarzan yell and see if it comes back to you.

We’re all about hiking and thankfully, in the Palmetto State, hiking is a year-round activity. Have you ever explored this tunnel and old mill trail with a swinging bridge in South Carolina? Let us know your thoughts about this and other trails in this Greenway. You can learn all about the hike with a visit to AllTrails.com. Find out about single-day admission into Anne Springs Close Greenway here.

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Address: Anne Springs Close Greenway - Blue Star, Anne Springs Close Greenway 362 Handy White Way, Fort Mill, SC 29715, USA