Directions from
Columbia, SC
Allow
an hour from the east side of Columbia (Spring
Valley—Sesqui-Centennial
State Park area).
Take I-20 East towards
Camden.
Take the Lugoff exit (Exit 92) at Rt. 601. (This exit is before Exit 98 for Camden itself).
Go north from the exit ramp (right turn)
onto 601 until 601 merges right with US 1.
Continue east towards Camden.
Follow
US 1 past the Invista Plant (formerly the Dupont Plant) on you right; continue east over the Wateree River Bridge.
Go left at
next light onto Springdale Road,
the 521/601 bypass. Just before the
intersection, there is a Wal-Mart shopping center on the left and a K Mart and
Big Lots in the shopping center on the right.
Follow
Springdale Road
(four lanes) until it turns into a two lane road and continue straight through
the light. Take a left at the second
light onto Rt. 601/521.
Follow 601/521 north for 2 miles.
At the EMS station on the
left there is a “North
Central High
School” sign on the left side of 601. Take a right at the sign onto Lockhart Road (28-20).
Follow
Lockhart road for 15 miles to the stop sign at the intersection of Rt. 341. Go right 0.4 miles on 341. Take your first left
onto Mt. Pisgah Road.
Follow Mt. Pisgah Road 5.5 miles to the intersection
with SR 157, where there is an elementary school on the right and a fire
station further ahead on the left.
Continue straight through this intersection.
About
2.5 miles past the school you will see the stop sign at the intersection of 903
and Mt. Pisgah Road;
turn left on 903.
Follow
903 for about 1 mile. On 903 you will
cross over the county line to Lancaster
County and there will be
a fork in the road with a small green and white sign “Bermuda High
Soaring.” Take the right fork and your
first right on Thermal Trail.
Follow
Thermal Trail along the field; then take a left on Lift Lane to the entrance!