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Hawkins Hollow Shelter & Tent Platform

This page discusses the Hawkins Hollow Shelter & Tent Platform.

Northbound Rules Sign at Salem Church Road
Photo taken by Dan Bedore 26 March 2020.
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Northbound Mileage Sign at Salem Church Road
Photo taken by Dan Bedore 26 March 2020.
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Grey Rat Snake north of Salem Church Road
Photo taken by Dan Bedore 26 March 2020.
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Hawkins Hollow Taj Mahal Shelter
January 2013
Photo by John Calhoun

Hawkins Hollow Shelter
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Photo by John Calhoun

Hawkins Hollow Shelter
Photo taken by Dan Bedore 26 March 2020.
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Hawkins Hollow Shelter Stairs
Photo taken by Dan Bedore 26 March 2020.
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Inside of Hawkins Hollow Shelter
Photo taken by Dan Bedore 26 March 2020.
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Hawkins Hollow Shelter Cook Shelf
Photo taken by Dan Bedore 26 March 2020.
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Hawkins Hollow Shelter LWCF Sign
Photo taken by Dan Bedore 26 March 2020.
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These filthy blankets were left in Hawkins Hollow Shelter for years.
Photo taken by Dan Bedore 26 March 2020.
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Note Rodent Scat and Bug Cocoons associated with this pillow, also a long term Hawkins Hollow resident.
Photo taken by Dan Bedore 26 March 2020.
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Under the Hawkins Hollow Shelter
Photo taken by Dan Bedore 26 March 2020.
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Hawkins Hollow Tent Platform
Photo taken by Dan Bedore 26 March 2020.
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Hawkins Hollow Tent Platform
Photo taken by John Calhoun.
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East of the Pinhoti along Salem Church Road

SITE OF BLUFFTON
Located 500 yards southeast of this marker. Incorporated in 1888, Bluffton was promoted as a future iron center of the south, due to large iron ore deposits and four furnaces within a four mile radius. The town soon boomed due to an influx of capital from northern investors. With its population reaching an estimated 8,000 residents, Bluffton had the first electric lights in the county, a large Victorian Hotel (The Signal), over 20 businesses and plans for a large college (University of the Southland) which never materialized.
Cherokee County Historical Society
Photo by John Calhoun

North and south of Salem Church Road, the Pinhoti travels through recovering iron mine lands. The forest is fairly mature, but there are endless trenches, piles of spoil, and roads through the woods.

Indian / Flagpole Mountain Witness Mark
Photo taken by John Calhoun.
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Solo at Indian / Flagpole Mountain Geocache
Photo taken by John Calhoun.
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