Sesqui is a 1,400 acre oasis, only 3 miles from downtown Columbia. It’s a lovely park featuring a waterfall, 4 hiking trails, kayaks, canoes, pedal boats, picnic tables etc. I walked the nature trail then the Sandhill hiking trails twice to reach 5 miles. They are both easy. The sandhill trail meanders around a 30 acre lake. I saw a few bikers but not many for a Saturday morning. There were quite a few people fishing or picnicking. It is always a calming, rejuvenating experience to stop by.
Reference Sesquicentennial State Park
South Carolina Hiking and Attraction Map
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- West Columbia/Cayce Riverwalk
- The South Carolina governor’s mansion
- An evening stroll on the Saluda Riverwalk 2022, SC
- Columbia Canal and Riverfront park, 2021
- Sesquicentennial Park, SC
- The University of South Carolina Horseshoe, SC
- Riverbanks Zoo
- Christmas Lights at the Zoo
- Timmerman Trail
- South Carolina State House
- Saluda Shoals
- Congaree National Park
- Purple Martins on Lake Murray
Sorry, that should have been “just where the trail makes a ….right…..”
Yes, if you head out on the bike trail starting at the little soccer field, just where the trail makes a left and you see the firebreak coming down the hill to join the bike trail. I have not been in that area for a while but it is on the right, down the hill. The GPS coordinates I recorded were N34° 05.600′ W80° 54.419′, you can plug that into Google Maps. If you are into geocaching there is page for it here: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC9131. If I can find some pictures I will send them via Facebook Messenger.
Have you been to the spring house? Kind of cool, like something out of the game MYST.
No I have not. Is it inside Sesqui?