Escape into the Woods (Francis Marion National Forest)

// August 18th, 2009 // Charleston Running

Drive twenty minutes north of Charleston and there’s a seemingly endless selection of sandy logging roads to explore through the pine forests of the Francis Marion. To really get out there and take in a nice quite run, head up into the Hellhole Bay Wilderness, where you’re likely to share the road with a few deer and wild hogs.

Francis Marion National Forest Directions:

Take Hwy 17 N to Hwy 41. Five miles after the town of Huger, take a right on Yellowjacket Rd. This takes you to the Hellhole Bay area, and any sandy road you pass along the way provides a distant escape to run through the woods.

Francis Marion National Forest, McClellanville: 843-887-3257 / www.fs.fed.us/r8/fms