Caesars Head State Park
A 3,200-foot overlook straight down the Blue Ridge Escarpment, and the best hawk watching in the Carolinas.
- Greenville County, SC
- Nearest town: Slater-Marietta
- 2,029 ft
Coordinates
- Lat
- 35.10631
- Lng
- -82.64972
Unconfirmed
We have not confirmed whether van camping is allowed. Check with the park before you go.
At a glance
The basics
What to expect
State park
Reservable sites, paved or well-graded roads, bathhouses in season.
- County
- Greenville County
- State
- South Carolina
- Nearest town
- Slater-Marietta
- Elevation
- 2,029 ft
- Max vehicle length
- Not verified
The place
About Caesars Head State Park
The overlook at Caesars Head is one of the great views in the East: the escarpment falls away more than two thousand feet in a single sweep, and on a clear day the Piedmont runs flat to the horizon with Table Rock standing off to the east. In September and October the park becomes a hawk watch, as thousands of broad-winged hawks funnel along the escarpment on migration and volunteers count them from the rock. Raven Cliff Falls, reached by a trail from a separate parking area up the road, drops more than four hundred feet and is among the tallest waterfalls in the state. The park anchors the northern end of Mountain Bridge Wilderness.
For van drivers
Getting a van in and out
We have not confirmed the overnight options here — the Mountain Bridge area's camping is backcountry and permit-based rather than drive-in — so plan to sleep at Table Rock or in Greenville and visit for the day. Getting up is US 276, a steep, sustained mountain climb with tight switchbacks and a long descent afterwards; use low gear going down rather than the brakes, and take it slowly in a heavy build. Parking at the overlook and at the Raven Cliff trailhead is limited and fills early in autumn.
Written for a high-roof van, not a pickup. Surfaces and clearances change with the weather and with the season’s roadwork — the official page below is the last word.
On the ground
Facilities & fees
Not verified means nobody has confirmed it — treat it as unknown, never as a no. 8 of the 8 below are still unconfirmed.
- Restrooms
- Not verified
- Drinking water
- Not verified
- Showers
- Not verified
- Dump station
- Not verified
- Hookups
- Not verified
- Campfires
- Not verified
- Dogs allowed
- Not verified
- Reservations
- Not verified
- Max vehicle length
- Not verified — check with the park
- Season
- Not verified — check with the park
- Fees
- Not verified — check with the park
The last word on all of this is southcarolinaparks.com(opens in a new tab).
Where it is
Coordinates & directions
Decimal degrees
- Latitude
- 35.106307
- Longitude
- -82.649719
35.1063° N · 82.6497° W
No map tiles here on purpose. Half of these places have no signal at the gate, so coordinates you can save offline beat a map that needs one. Drop them into your phone before you turn off the pavement.
Nearest gas and groceries: Slater-Marietta
Before you go
Official sources
Fees, site counts, length limits and closures change season to season. Everything we have not confirmed ourselves is marked Not verified above rather than guessed at — and where we do have a number, the operator’s own page still wins.
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