Instructions to the Put-In
Take Exit 35 (Woodruff & Walnut Grove) from I-26. This exit is between Clinton and Spartanburg. This will put you on the S J Workman Highway (Highway 50). Turn whichever direction and go to the CitGo station. From the main sign at the CitGo station, head West toward Woodruff along the S J Workman Highway. Go 0.2 miles and turn right on Price House Road (Highway 86) (the turn is just past the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses). At 1.5 miles, you will cross
Ferguson Creek that feeds into the South Tyger which can be seen to the right. At 2.7 miles, you will cross the South Tyger at
Price Bridge. At 3.1 miles, you will reach a stop sign at the intersection with Hobbysville Road (SC Road # S42-229). Turn right. Continue down Hobbysville Road. At 0.7 miles, bear left onto Morris Bridge Road (South Carolina Road # S 42-231). At 0.9 miles from stop sign at the intersection with Hobbysville Road you will cross I-20 and at 1.1 miles you will reach the
put-in. We always park on the left in the inside of the curve before you reach the river.
Instructions to the Take-Out
Go 1.1 miles from the North Tyger put-in until you reach Hatchett Road. Turn right on Hatchett Road and go 2.3 miles until you reach Walnut Grove Road (S 42-50). Turn right and go .8 miles until Old Hlls Bridge Road.\* After about 1 mile, go right following Road 113. The take out is another 2.1 miles.
\\* If you continue on Walnut Grove Road for 2.4 miles, you will cross the Tyger (
34.7551N, 81.9274W) This is below the intersection of the South Tyger
(See AWA Reach Number 1710) and the North Tyger (
34.7593N, 81.9323W) and the name of the river changes.
You can see a lot of the rapids here. There are also very visible and unfriendly no trespassing signs. I have not ever put in or taken out here because to do so will cause you to miss a lot of the whitewater. There appears to be access at the bridge, but I do not its ownership status.
Pick Up Some Local Paddlers
Two sites to post a planned trip on or to request information are
Carolina Paddlers Assembly and
Upstate Paddling. You will have to join these groups to post but they are open to the public. You may pick up some local paddlers as well as the North Tyger is a popular local reach when it is running. You may also want to check the
Palmetto Paddlers and their
Scheduled Trips to see if anything is planned. There are additional photos of the North Tyger in the Palmetto Paddlers photo album at Carolina Paddlers Assembly.