About this spot
Pigpen Falls is a 25-foot stack of cascades on Licklog Creek in the Andrew Pickens Ranger District of Sumter National Forest, near Mountain Rest, SC. It sits just off the Chattooga Trail, reached by a short (under 1-mile) hike from the Licklog/Pigpen trailhead near SC-107, borrowing a stretch of the Foothills Trail. The falls empty into a sandy-bottomed swimming hole that multiple independent guides and an AllTrails reviewer confirm as an established, family-friendly swim spot, popular in warm months. No cliff jumping is documented here. The main hazard is a large boulder overlooking the pool and slick rock near the cascades; currents rise fast after rain. Public national forest land, no fee or permit required.
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