Oconee County Clovers 2026 Hikes

All registered 4-H members from Cloverbud to senior are welcome to join the Oconee 4-H Clover Club on our hikes! As hikes and topics are added, the details below will be updated. Please contact Lil Ledford [email protected] and Sara Foster [email protected] with questions and suggestions.

Event registration closes 24 hours before the start of the event. If the minmimum registration is met (varies by event), we may be able to add additional participants after the registration cut off.

Cancellation of hikes due to prohibitive weather (weather that is either dangerous or that will make the activity impossible) or low attendance will be made 24 hours in advance via email.

CHAPERONE NOTE : This is a mixed custodial/non-custodial care event. Youth MAY be dropped off, or adults may stay for the program. Please indicate your intent when registering. Youth who are dropped off may ONLY BE PICKED UP BY APPROVED PERSONS. Pick up approval can be added in or completed by a youth guardian. All persons present at the event (youth participants, accompanying adults, and non-participating youth) MUST be registered in Eventbrite. Anyone who does not stay does not need a ticket.

The Oconee County Clover Club (general interest/all ages) meets from 6-7/7:30pm on the first and third Monday of most months at the Clemson Extension office. Click here to register for the club meetings.

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Hike Schedule:

March:

• Date: Sunday the 15th (rain date Sunday 29th), 1pm
• Location: Oconee Bell Nature Trail, Devil's Fork State Park
• Activity/Topic: OCONEE BELLS and other Spring ephemerals.
• Difficulty: Easy - 1.5 mile loop.
• Special notes: THERE IS AN $8 ENTRY FEE PER PERSON - state park passes are available to check out through Oconee County Library (2 week check-out) that cover all folks in the car - so let's carpool? You may want to bring field guides and definitely ways to take pictures. If you have not already, consider downloading iNaturalist, and we'll look at using that for community science! Always bring your pack with your 10 essentials!

April: NIGHT HIKE - FIREFLIES

• Date: Late April (rain date early May), sunset (around 8:15pm)
• Location: 36 Camp Wabak Rd, Marietta, SC 29661 (Eventbrite won't let me put the camp address into the location - we are meeting onsite, NOT at the office!)
• Activity/Topic: Blue Ghost fireflies
• Difficulty:
• RED LIGHT flashlights (we'll have red cellophane to cover regular flashlights.) (Bathroom?). Always bring your pack with your 10 essentials!

May:

• Date: LATE?
• Location: Meadow Falls & the R.C Edwards Meadow Project
• Activity/Topic: Mushrooming!
• Difficulty: Easy, but may get LONG! Getting to the small waterfall won't take long, but if you get into hunting chanterelles, you may be out there for a long time!
• (list any special gear to bring, snacks, preparation)(Bathroom?). Always bring your pack with your 10 essentials! You may want to pack a lunch.

June: (summer solstice June 21)

• Date:
• Location: Water?
• Activity/Topic:
• Difficulty:
• (list any special gear to bring, snacks, preparation)(Bathroom?). Always bring your pack with your 10 essentials! You may want to pack a lunch.

July:

• Date:
• Location: Water?
• Activity/Topic:
• Difficulty:
• (list any special gear to bring, snacks, preparation)(Bathroom?). Always bring your pack with your 10 essentials! You may want to pack a lunch.

August:

• Date:
• Location: Highlands Biological Station https://highlandsbiological.org/
• Activity/Topic: Carnivorous plants! This upland bog habitat in the Appalacian Rainforest has pitcher plants and aquatic bladderworts. There's also a short, but tough, hike with some lovely old-growth trees! We'll see if they have any special events as we get closer.
• Difficulty: Varies, based on what you want to do.
• (list any special gear to bring, snacks, preparation)(Bathroom?). Always bring your pack with your 10 essentials! You may want to pack a lunch.

September:

• Date:
• Location:
• Activity/Topic:
• Difficulty:
• (list any special gear to bring, snacks, preparation)(Bathroom?). Always bring your pack with your 10 essentials! You may want to pack a lunch.

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Fee Statement: Some hike locations may have entry fees (usually based on per-vehicle). We will do our best to let you know ahead of time.

Membership requirement: Current 4-H membership in is required for participation in this Event. Because this is a custodial care event, we cannot grant exceptions for youth not accompanied by their own adult.

Custodial Care: Youth must be approved, enrolled members in 4HOnline with South Carolina 4-H Youth Development to attend this event. This is a custodial care event. Only adult chaperones (registered in this Eventbrite) and invited facilitators approved to be at the event will be allowed onsite during this event. Youth must be signed in and signed out by a parent/guardian or representitive designated in or .

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