Issaqueena Lake

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For the XC/AM trails (not the DH/FR trail)..."From SC Hwy 123, turn LT (from west) or turn RT (from east) onto Hwy 133 (College Avenue/Six Mile Hwy) and head north after passing under the immediate RR overpass. Within 4 miles you will pass by Twelve Mile Recreational Park and then cross over a lake bridge. Turn LT onto Old Six Mile Rd. immediately after crossing bridge. Within 5 miles you will see the Isaqueena Trails Trail Head on the LT side of the road. This trail head is also for hikers and equestrian riders as well (separate parking section for the equestrian riders though). For the DH/FR trail..."From Hwy 123, turn LT (from west) or RT (from east) onto Old Clemson Hwy (there is a Palms Gas Station on LT and a Food Lion on RT at Hwy 123 and Old Clemson Hwy intersection). Make a RT onto Lawrence Bridge Rd. (Old Seneca Rd later on). You will see a concrete/aggregate plant on the immediate LT of Lawrence Bridge Rd. Once you drive over a lake bridge, within a mile tops you will see Clemson Experimental Forest entrance on the RT (can be easily missed). Turn RT. Once entered through the CEF gates (dirt road), make a LT at the immediate fork (Isaqueena Lake Rd. and West Dam Rd.) onto Isaqueena Lake Rd. Drive the dirt road for about a mile or two and make a LT at the Holly Springs picnic/recreational area. This is the bottom of the DH/FR trail which is up the mountain. You will need to walk or ride your bike up the small service trail to the left of the cooking pavilion or start walking your bike at the bottom of the run to the RT of the cooking pavilion where the big structure gapped drop-off is at. The little service trail will take you inbetween a road gap and up the mountain. You will see the trail structures on the DH trail on the LT as you pass the road gap. There is a dual slalom run up further from the starting ramp of the DH trail where they race. Also, there is a DJ line to the inside of the DH trail as well. You can also reach the DH/FR trails from the XC/AM Trail Head...."Drive north on Old Six Mile Rd. from the XC/AM Trail Head. Within 1 mile, you will see Isaqueena Lake Rd. (dirt road) on the LT at the Clemson Experimental Forest entrance. Drive within 5 miles down dirt road and Holly Springs picnic/recreational are will be on your RT. (WARNING...if you go this route, you will have to drive through a shallow creek crossing. It is about 2' deep but very sound bottom. It is part of Issaqueena Lake Rd.