Hanging Rock

This battleground was the site of three British camps, attacked by Patriot troops on August 6, 1780. It was a fight primarily between countrymen.

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South Carolina Shape of the state of South Carolina with a dot showing the location of the Hanging Rock

Heath Springs, SC 29058

Know Before You Go

The new battleground park now lies at the intersection of Flat Rock Rd and Beecher Horton Rd and sits on the original site of the 1780 battle. The stone parking lot marks the entrance of the trail head of a loop with a distance of 0.75 miles. Nearby also lies the Hanging Rock Battleground Park, maintained by the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, which houses an individual marker along its trail.

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