Hotels near Chester, South Carolina:
* Distances listed are direct linear distances, actual travel distance may be different.
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Catawba River
 | ...Great Falls, about 2 miles long. The bottom 1.5 miles is drowned by Cedar Creek Reservoir, whose dam is just upstream of Lake Wateree. The average gradient is about 30 feet per mile, and the rapids fairly continuous when there's enough water. Unlike the nearby stretches of the Catawba, this stretch is choked with boulders & contains several islands & multiple channels. Scenery is spectacular, the river coursing through a mini-canyon with granite walls & no development visible from the water. Right now it can be run only when the Catawba is very high, after extended periods of heavy rain. A good indicator is the Catawba USGS gauge at Rock Hill (basically the discharge from Lake Wylie Dam). If it's running well over 10,000 c.f.s., there's probably some flow spilling into the Great Falls run. It needs about 3,000 or 4,000 c.f.s. spilling into the dewatered stretch to be worth running. At these levels it's low class 3. At 10,000 c.f.s. in G.F.(about 20,000 c.f.s. full flow) it's big water class 3-4 & alot of fun. Under the new Catawba/Wateree relicense agreement, there will be (I think) ... |
Appalachian Mountain
 | 98 miles away
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Cozy little resort, there are much bigger mountains close by but the atmosphere here at Appalachian Mountain can't be beat. Everybody is so friendly, every time I come here I feel like everybody here is my friend.... |
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Campgrounds near Chester, South Carolina:
Chester State Park, Chester, 7 miles away 
Landsford Canal State Park, Catawba, 10 miles away 
Wateree Lake Campground, Liberty Hill, 16 miles away
Andrew Jackson State Park, Lancaster, 16 miles away
Lake Wateree State Recreation Area, Winnsboro, 17 miles away 
Mc Guire Mobile Home Park, Rock Hill, 19 miles away 
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Paddling Rivers Near Chester, South Carolina:
Catawba River, Chester LancasterCounty, 9 miles away | | Class III - 2 miles long (Great Falls)
...g. At these levels it's low class 3. At 10,000 c.f.s. in G.F.(about 20,000 c.f.s...
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Ski Areas Near Chester, South Carolina:
Appalachian Mountain, North Carolina, 98 miles away  | | 365 vertical feet
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...y is so friendly, every time I come here I feel like everybody here is my friend...
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Golf Courses Near Chester, South Carolina:
Pinetuck Golf Club, Rock Hill, 10 miles away
Lancaster Golf Club, Lancaster, 14 miles away 
Waterford Golf Club, Rock Hill, 15 miles away
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Lakes Near Chester, South Carolina:
Fishing Creek Reservoir, Chester CountyCounty, 7 miles away
Fishing Creek Lake, Chester CountyCounty, 8 miles away
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National Parks near Chester, South Carolina:
Congaree Swamp National Monument, Hopkins - SC, 42 miles away
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