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PARK NEWS

The park is open!  These areas remain closed: 300 Section of the lodge and 300 section dock, Mt. Carmel and McCormick Rooms, Skeet Field/Archery/Axe Throwing, and Beaver Run trail.  All other areas are OPEN!



Hickory Knob State Park hours: Sunrise to Sunset. Please use the cell number posted at the park office for issues outside of operation hours. 

Check-in is at 4:00 p.m. and check-out time is at 10 a.m. for all lodge accommodations, campground excluded.

Front Desk/Gift Shop hours: 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., daily.


Book a tee time, online!


Click here for the current Hickory Knob Restaurant hours, buffet menu and special events!  


Boaters please note, outdoor plugs are located at the 200 section lodge rooms only and there is limited boat parking near the 400 section lodge rooms and cabins with no electric. 

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HOURS

Sunrise to Sunset. Please use the cell number posted at the park office for issues outside of operation hours.

OFFICE

7 a.m. to 11 p.m., daily.

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ADMISSION

Free admission

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PETS

Pets are allowed in lodge rooms 307-312 at Hickory Knob. Pets are not allowed in any other lodge rooms. Pets are allowed in most other outdoor areas provided they are kept under physical restraint or on a leash not longer than six feet. Owners will be asked to remove noisy or dangerous pets or pets that threaten or harass wildlife.

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Wifi Available

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Park Manager

Rob Powell

Park Manager

My name is Rob Powell, and I am the park manager here at Hickory Knob.  I knew I wanted to be a park ranger after being hired for another position at Hickory Knob State Resort Park in 1999.  Being a park ranger checked every box for me: variety, resource management, business, outdoors, history, camping, fishing, hiking, trees, responsibility, people, service….everything I enjoyed all rolled into one job!

My favorite spot here at Hickory Knob is the mountain bike trail.  I love being in the woods, and I love trees.  Especially if there is a nice, well-built trail through them. Riding my bike or hiking it, it is great physical activity but also a very peaceful, relaxing setting with great views of the lake and of nature in general. 

A first-time visitor to Hickory Knob should definitely visit the lake!  There are many ways to do it.  Relax on a dock and enjoy the sights and sounds, take a ride on a kayak or canoe, go fishing from the shore or in a boat or find a spot on a trail with a lake view and enjoy a picnic lunch!


**Our Ultimate Outsider stamp is located at the front desk in the park office and at the counter in the gift shop.

Along the rolling, wooded shoreline of the 71,000-acre Strom Thurmond Reservoir, sits Hickory Knob, a full-service, lakeside South Carolina golf resort and remote state park all rolled into one.

Tucked away in a serene, remote location, the parks many amenities and recreational opportunities are a pleasant surprise for many. Hickory Knob operates an 18-hole championship golf course, buffet restaurant, skeet shooting, boat ramp, archery range, meeting facilities and more than 70 lodge-style rooms. This South Carolina golf resort is an ideal location for a family getaway, reunion or a business meeting or retreat.

For those seeking a more outdoorsy stay at the park, a campground is available on the banks of the Strom Thurmond Reservoir, as well as one of the area’s most popular biking trails.

Don’t forget to explore the other South Carolina parks! You’ll find wet and wild fun at Lake Jocassee in Devils Fork State Park or at a lakefront camping site in Hamilton Branch State Park.

BY THE NUMBERS

18 hole, Tom Jackson-designed, championship golf course on the shores of Lake Thurmond

1 Shagbark Snack Bar in the Pro Shop with hot eats and cold drinks

76 Lodge rooms for overnight guests

1 skeet shooting range and 1 archery range for you and your group to enjoy

5 different meeting spaces for groups of all sizes

44 campsites located near Lake Thurmond

1 historic cabin, the Guillebeau House that offers a cool, unique lodging experience for 4

1 group lodging barrack that sleeps up to 10

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