Welcome to Paris Mountain State Park
About Paris Mountain State Park
What is now Paris Mountain State Park traces its beginnings to an innovative plan by the City of Greenville to protect this fragile mountain watershed while supplying the city with water. Four lakes were built between 1890 and 1905 to meet that goal. Then in 1935, the watershed was turned over to the State of South Carolina. The men of the Civilian Conservation Corps soon built more than 50 structures on the site, many of which remain in use to this day, including the park center and Camp Buckhorn. Paris Mountain State Park, now on the National Register of Historic Places, officially opened on June 1, 1937. Then a welcome trip to the country, the 1,540-acre park has not become a valued retreat for the suburban communities around it, offering biking and hiking trails, boating, fishing, swimming and picnicking, as well as educational opportunities and camping.
South Carolina State Park Service Mission
To encourage people to discover South Carolina's state parks by providing resource-based recreational and educational opportunities that emphasize the conservation, protection and interpretation of the state's natural and cultural resources.
Paris Mountain State Park Mission
To provide recreational and educational opportunities emphasizing the cultural and natural resources of the Park and its environs. Special consideration will be given to the important of Paris Mountain State Park's status as a significant urban green space and the preservation of sustainable management of the resources of the park.
Marker can be reached from State Park Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
