Following an ancient Cherokee path, this beautiful two-lane road leaves I-85 at Gaffney, makes a 130-mile arc through peach orchards and villages, past Cowpens Battlefield, past several state parks, and over Lake Keowee to meet I-85 again.
This is the largest Corps of Engineers lake east of the Mississippi River. The lake encompasses 1, 200 miles of shoreline, 70, 000 acres of water and 80, 000 acres of land which provides for an abundance of recreational opportunities.