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Jocassee and is ideal for anglers planning a fishing trip on Jocassee. Oconee State Park is located North of Walhalla on Highway 107 and Table Rock is located north of Pickens on Highway 11 or north of Greenville off 276 onto Highway 11. The lake at each end of the park offers good wintertime trout angling. Primitive camping is available at Jones Gap State Park in Greenville County. This park offers excellent access to fishing along the Middle Saluda River and other Greenville County streams. For more information on the state parks, contact the SC Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism 1205 Pendleton St., Columbia, S.C. 29201, (803) 734-0156 or 1-866-224-9339. For further information, visit www.discoversouthcarolina.com or www.southcarolinaparks.com.

The US Forest Service’s Burrells Ford Campground and Cherry Hill Campground, both north of Oconee State Park off Highway 107, also provide camping facilities. Primitive camping in designated areas is available in Ellicotts Rock Wilderness Area and along the Chattooga River trail (Sumter National Forest north of Walhalla off Highway 107). Campers must remain 50 feet from the river when pitching a tent. For other Forest Service campground information visit www.fs.fed.us/r8/fms/forest/recreation/camping.

Designated primitive camp areas are available on the Jocassee Gorges property in northern Pickens County.

Other campgrounds with facilities available are Chau Ram County Park, west of Westminster on Highway 76, and South Cove County Park northwest of Seneca on Highway 188.

For maps of the Andrew-Pickens District of the Sumter National Forest contact:U.S.D.A. Forest ServiceAndrew Pickens Ranger District112 Andrew Pickens CircleMountain Rest, SC 29664(864)638-9568www.fs.fed.us/r8/fms/

U.S. Forest ServiceFrancis Marion & Sumter National Forest4931 Broad River RoadColumbia, SC 29212(803) 561-4000