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Oconee Station State Historic Site, Walhalla, SC

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Oconee Station State Historic Site

A preserved 1790s frontier blockhouse and 19th-century house in the Upstate, with a fishing pond and trails.

500 Oconee Station Rd, Walhalla, SC 29691 · Walhalla, SC

About Oconee Station State Historic Site

This South Carolina state park preserves a stone blockhouse that the state militia used as an outpost in the late 1700s, along with a early 19th-century house once used as a residence and trading post. Visitors can walk up the hill from the parking area to see the historic structures and read interpretive waysides, and a park interpreter may open the buildings when present. Beyond the history, the park has a fishing pond stocked for bluegill and largemouth bass, and a 1.5-mile nature trail that links to a path into Sumter National Forest and ends at a waterfall. Spring brings wildflowers along the trails. A 4-mile connector trail links the site with nearby Oconee State Park.

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