About: Bunched Arrowhead HP, offers a 1.25-mile hiking trail that traverses a diversity of habitats. Owned and managed by the SC Department of Natural Resources, the 334.7-acre Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve Complex is comprised of five heritage preserves (Bunched Arrowhead HP, Blackwell HP, Clear Creek HP, Belvue Springs HP, and Core HP) that were purchased to protect the federally endangered bunched arrowhead plant, Sagittaria fasciculata. This plant occurs in wetland seeps within a rare habitat known as the Piedmont seepage forest. Other rare plants found on the properties include climbing fern, Lygodium palmatum, and dwarf-flowered heartleaf, Hexastylis naniflora.
The habitats range from grassy fields to brushy fields to upland pine-hardwoods to bottomland hardwoods. Visitors can see grasshopper sparrows, blue grosbeaks, indigo buntings, bluebirds, cardinals and quail (to name just a few species). The trail forms a large loop starting and ending at opposite sides of the parking area. Be advised that poison ivy and dog ticks are abundant.
Hours: The area is open during daylight hours. Telephone: (864) 654-1671.
Location: Take US 25/276 north toward Traveler's Rest, where US 25 and US 276 spit. Bear right to follow US 25 north for 3.3 miles. Turn right on Tigerville Road for 0.9 miles to turn left on McCauley Road. In 0.5 miles turn right into the parking lot for Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve.
Links: https://public-lands-scdnr.hub.arcgis.com/pages/bunched-arrowhead-hp https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/south-carolina/bunched-arrowhead-nature-preserve-loop
