Home › South Carolina › Little Mountain
Running trails in Little Mountain, SC
Little Mountain has 1 trail in the directory — 1 with a stated distance, 1 shaded, and 1 open 24 hours. Every one posts opening hours, so you can check the gate before an early start. They're ranked here by rating weighted by review volume, across 349 Google reviews. Filter by surface, loop, distance, shade or lighting to get to the run you're actually planning — no made-up difficulty score, just the facts you'd check before driving out.
Alston Trailhead - Palmetto Trail
4.8 ★★★★★ 349 reviews
20 miMixedShadedScenic
Scenic woodland walking & biking trail, featuring campsites along the way.
No trails match those filters.
How to pick a trail in Little Mountain
- Match the surface to your legs. Most of what's here is mixed (1 of 1). Asphalt and concrete are fast, predictable and runnable year-round but the least forgiving; crushed limestone and dirt take the sting out of high mileage; boardwalk is flat and scenic but slick in the wet. If your shins or knees are complaining, the fix that actually works is varying the surface you run on rather than chasing one "best" one. More mixed trails →
- Loop or out-and-back? A loop finishes back at the car with no backtracking; on an out-and-back you simply turn round at half your distance. The longest stated distance in Little Mountain is Alston Trailhead - Palmetto Trail at 20 mi. 1 trail is long enough for a 5-mile-plus run without repeating yourself.
- Check the hours before a 6am run. Every trail in Little Mountain is listed as open 24 hours, so an early start is never the problem. 1 of the 1 listing carries posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm.
- Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 1 has trailhead parking and 1 has restrooms in Little Mountain. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
- The small things that decide it. 1 shaded, 1 that runners describe as quiet, and 1 dog-friendly. Busy or quiet isn't a good-or-bad thing here: a busy path is the safer choice for a solo run at dawn, a quiet one is better for intervals.
More on all of this in the trail-running guides.
Browse Little Mountain trails by type
Running trails near Little Mountain
Worth the short drive — the closest towns with trails in the directory.