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Caesars Head State Park, Cleveland, SC

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Caesars Head State Park

Take in the Blue Ridge Escarpment from a rock overlook at 3,208 feet, then hike to the 420-foot Raven Cliff Falls.

8155 Geer Hwy · Cleveland, SC

About Caesars Head State Park

Caesars Head State Park sits on the Blue Ridge Escarpment, where a granitic gneiss outcrop at 3,208 feet gives views reaching into North Carolina and Georgia. More than 60 miles of trails start here, including the four-mile round trip to an overlook of Raven Cliff Falls, a 420-foot waterfall. Each fall, thousands of migrating hawks pass over the park during the Hawk Watch program. Parking is first come, first served and often fills on October and November weekends.

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