Sassafras Mountain is the highest point in South Carolina. Towering over 3,500 feet, Sassafras Mountain is the highest point in South Carolina. That makes this the perfect place to view...From the Sky ...

A puffy cloud blanketed the dome of Sassafras Mountain about mid-day Tuesday, leaving a handful of visitors disappointed they couldn’t take in the Appalachian view they had expected. But within an ...

Though it’s the highest peak in South Carolina, Sassafras Mountain has gotten short shrift. There’s no easy way to access the peak, and once you get there the view is hardly as thrilling as that from ...

PICKENS – Legions of hikers and state "highpointers" have had the vision for years that if you build an overlook on Sassafras Mountain, the curious will come. Now, it looks like the idea for an ...

The Sassafras Mountain project is on the rise. The arrival of warmer weather — which comes slower on the windswept pinnacle of South Carolina's tallest mountain — has accelerated the construction of a ...

South Carolina forestry crews have fully contained a brush fire burning on Sassafras Mountain, according to the S.C. Forestry Commission.An estimated 468 acres burned on Sassafras Mountain, according ...

Answer: Sassafras Mountain is South Carolina's highest point at more than 3,500 feet. The Sassafras summit has long been accessible primarily to foot traffic from the Foothills Trail, but the ...

A 360 degree view from atop South Carolina's tallest peak will not be available until 2017. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources spokesman Greg Lucas said construction on the Sassafras ...

A new automated weather station on South Carolina’s highest point will fill important data gaps in the mountain region – and it just might break some records. Already this winter, the new temperature ...