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Saluda River access points and trip distances, South Carolina

18 access points (18 public) along 145.1 river miles of the Saluda River in South Carolina. Distances are measured along the river on the NHDPlus V2 main-stem flowline, not straight-line. River mile 0 is the farthest-upstream access listed here.

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Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Paddle put-in (Dacusville Outdoors)
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34.88784, -82.49612 2.6
2.6Boat ramp near Saluda Lake
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34.86313, -82.48901 1.0
3.6Boat ramp (west ramp)
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34.85197, -82.48505 6.5
10.1Dolly Cooper Park Access
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34.80372, -82.47072 15.4
25.5Dr James A Timmerman
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34.65173, -82.45780 1.2
26.6Lower Pelzer Boat Ramp
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34.63737, -82.44945 25.9
52.5Ware Shoals/Irvin Pitts Park
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34.40364, -82.23830 1.7
54.2Beacham Road Access
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34.39164, -82.22531 27.6
81.8Paddle put-in near Ninety Six Creek
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34.16758, -81.90736 7.2
89.1Boat ramp (west ramp)
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34.17438, -81.86385 11.7
100.8Higgins Bridge
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34.18251, -81.72471 1.8
102.6Boat ramp near Tosity Creek
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About 0.11 mi from the mapped river line.
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34.17552, -81.69738 4.8
107.4Kempsons Bridge
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34.14017, -81.63041 30.4
137.8Hope Ferry
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34.04600, -81.19128 0.0
137.8Saluda Shoals Park
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34.04679, -81.19058 1.7
139.5Saluda Shoals Lower Boat Ramp
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34.04333, -81.16340 1.7
141.2SCE&G Access/Gardendale
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34.02990, -81.13946 3.8
145.1Boat ramp near Double Branch
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34.01257, -81.08177 end
Data notes: 1 access point is more than 0.1 mi from the mapped line; its river mile is where it meets the line.

Sources: river line and lengths from NHDPlus V2 via EPA WATERS (lengths scaled to each reach's published length); access points from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), SC DNR Public Water Access. Only access points in our launch data are shown, so there may be others. Check access, dams and conditions before you go.

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