A short summary of my findings of
mapping with a computer, bicycle, and car:
There are virtually no roads other than Powerhouse Road, and Old
Black Oak Road to go to Camp Moultrie.
North of Powerhouse is Manigault that will cut over from 52 to Old Black
Oak Road.
Manigault can be used if coming in from the north from Canady Branch on
52.
No other roads come into Camp Moultrie but dirt, sandy roads.
Schurlknight is paved from Alvin to Peaceful Woods.
Schurlknight is not paved on the western half closer to Harristown.
Right below will be a cuesheet that gets close to a century.
At the bottom of this page is a metric.
On 6-28-08 I decided to route some FestiVelo mileage for a loop around
Lake Moultrie.
Just riding around the "lake" can be a good metric or less.
I have a metric course outlined already.
Below is the route I rode Saturday instead of the route I wanted to
ride.
I also drove past some turns to check some roads out that looked like
they did something on a map.
They did nothing. Wasted gas.

I planned to ride the cue sheet below but for
Russellville.
I rode straight in on 45 after turning onto 45 at the Diversion Canal at
Cross.
The reasoning was that the GPS records a higher mileage than my car.
I already had the car mileage for that part of the route including
Russellville.
It made sense to check the mileage and traffic on 45.
A Lake Moultrie Century Route (maybe)
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0 |
|
Take Old Black Oak Rd.
away from camp. |
|
1.4 |
Left |
on Power House Road |
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1.6 |
Right |
on 52 |
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2.1 |
Right |
Merge with 17 |
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4 |
Right |
on Live Oak follow sign for highway 6 |
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5.4 |
Right |
on Hiway 6 |
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17.4 |
Right |
on Hiway 6 & Ranger
Rd. |
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18.8 |
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school- REST STOP? |
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22.5 |
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Hiway 6 goes left- continue straight on Ranger Rd. |
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25.3 |
Right |
on 45 over the
canal bridge |
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27.3 |
Left |
to Santee Dam-save
7.3 miles
by going straight |
|
31 |
|
Francis Marion Burial Site 1.5 miles to left
REST STOP? |
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33.1 |
Left |
at fork -No marking- toward Kingstree |
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35.2 |
Right |
on Road 35 |
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35.2 |
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Road 35 -Reset odometer |
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35.6 |
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straight on 35 -- 35 crosses 45 |
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38.4 |
Left |
Russellville Rd. |
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41.3 |
Left |
on 52 -St.
Stephen REST STOP? |
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41.7 |
Right |
0n 45 |
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42.2 |
Right |
Brick Church Circle |
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42.4 |
Right |
Mendel Rivers Road/Harristown Road |
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43.3 |
|
bear left on Harristown Road |
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46.5 |
Left |
on Greentown Road |
|
47.5 |
Right |
on Schurlknight Road |
|
49.7 |
Right |
on Peaceful Woods Road |
|
53.1 |
|
Becomes Walleye Road -cross 17A |
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53.6 |
Right |
on Brandon Road |
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54.5 |
Right |
on Whittonton Bay Road or Raintree Lane |
|
54.7 |
Left |
Mitchumtown Road |
|
55 |
Right |
on Willies Way |
|
56 |
|
Straight on Boggy Swamp Road |
|
62.9 |
|
Straight becomes Ackerman Road |
|
67.1 |
Left |
on Witherbee Road |
|
68.4 |
Right |
Alligator Road |
|
72.2 |
Left |
Spring Grove Road |
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72.6 |
Left |
402 |
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72.2 |
Right |
Saw Mill Road |
|
76.2 |
Right |
Doctor Evans Road |
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77.1 |
Left |
Mebkin abbey Road |
|
77.6 |
Left |
unmarked |
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77.9 |
Left |
REST STOP |
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78.2 |
Right |
REST STOP return Mebkin abbey Road |
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78.7 |
Left |
Doctor Evans Road |
|
84.4 |
Left |
402 |
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86.1 |
Left |
Staying on 402 |
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86.3 |
Right |
on 52 &17A |
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86.6 |
Left |
on 52 |
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88.1 |
Left |
on Powerhouse Road |
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88.3 |
Right |
on 52 Old Black Oak Road |
|
89.8 |
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Camp Moultrie |
The cuesheet above must be amended
to tell the riders to turn on the road across from Susie.
when this road Ts into Schurknight then they find Peaceful Woods
or Walleye.
The map shows Schurlknight to be a main artery a bit.
Schurlknight is paved from Alvin to Peaceful Woods.
Another notation is that Peaceful Woods turns into Walleye after
crossing 17A.
On some maps it is called Walleye in it's entirety.
So using Schurknight off of Greentown from the Harristown area is not an
option by road bike.

However, continuing on Greentown past Schurlknight there will be a road
on the right called Susie.
Across from Susie is an unmarked road called Valleywood.
Valleywood will take you over to the paved part of Schurlknight.
This is what I did. From here I could see an intersection to the left.
This would be 45 and Schurlknight and Alvin.
I headed in that direction not knowing what I'd find.
I saw that it was 45 and Alvin.
It was here that I asked one of the local
"chipmunks" for directions.
This was a mistake.
The local gave me pure gibberish and I'm pretty sure he lied to me.
Perhaps he's lived there all his life and
didn't know Peaceful Woods was almost in front of his house.
He sent me down the road on a Gilligan's
Island Tour.
I followed the main road around to the left.
It was called Hood town.
Had I gone straight that would have been the sandy "Schurlknight".
Hood town Ts into 17A. 17A although very busy
has a shoulder and stripe that resembles a bike lane.
17A from here isn't pleasant and is dangerous
because of the traffic.
I started below at Camp Moultrie. I saw a
herd of deer in the road as I drove up.
Stan was very pleasant and gave some good insight on some of the roads.
For instance the road to the left, leaving the "camp" and away from
Short Stay is a dead-end.

Going into Moncks Corner was very fast and
easy. Must've been a tail-wind and there was some downhill.

Leaving MC my pace slowed from around 21 to
18.5 and then for the first hour I averaged 17.5.

The road looks like this for 12 miles. It's straight and flat and in the
middle of the day some traffic.
It's best to ride this road, Hiway 6, earlier in the morning.
After turning right on 6 as the road ahead becomes 311, the road becomes
more interesting and prettier.

The road becomes Ranger Road as 6 splits off to the left as the picture
right above to the left shows.
Two pictures above to the left shows Short Cut to the left. Short Cut
goes over to 45 and 6.
I was told by the "peanut man" a week ago to not take that road as it is
busy and dangerous.
There seems to be no advantage to go over to 6 in that direction.
Hiway 6 from Eutawville to where 45 splits going east is busy and very
dangerous.
The picture, upper right shows the hill (bridge) over Diversion Canal.

The Canal is a treasure.

Between here and Francis Marion Burial Site is the dam.
A few extra miles can be added on with that loop.

The FM Burial Site at 31 miles could be a rest stop.

The grave is about a mile and a half on a hard packed dirt road easily
traveled by road bike.
I've ridden it a few times.

Nice church.

There was some traffic on 45 but this was the middle of the day.


Another canal is near St. Stephens.


Today there are boiled peanuts and fruit flavored shaved ice.
The lady above is married to a former deputy sheriff. Her father was a
deputy as well.
She was checking out this weirdly dressed, strange looking old man with
a beard riding a bicycle.

St. Stephens


Greentown road

A memorial- for a local marine who was killed here I think- maybe
motorcycle accident.

Nice Scenery


Unfortunately Hoodtown road puts you right out on 17A.


Stan was an excellent host. Upon my asking him if I could "hose" off at
an outside faucet,
he immediately said I could use the camp's showers.
He gave me water and an energy/recovery/electrolyte/powder packet to put
in the water.

What a guy!
Because I took 17A back to the camp I only rode 70 miles. It was hot. My
mileage was off.
I needed to cut my losses. No good was to come out of my staying out in
100 degrees.
A Lake Moultrie Metric (maybe)
|
0 |
|
Take Old Black Oak Rd.
away from camp. |
|
1.4 |
Left |
on Power House Road |
|
1.6 |
Right |
on 52 |
|
2.1 |
Right |
Merge with 17 |
|
4 |
Right |
on Live Oak follow sign for highway 6 |
|
5.4 |
Right |
on Hiway 6 |
|
17.4 |
Right |
on Hiway 6 & Ranger
Rd. |
|
18.8 |
|
school- REST STOP? |
|
22.5 |
|
Hiway 6 goes left- continue straight on Ranger Rd. |
|
25.3 |
Right |
on 45 over the
canal bridge |
|
27.3 |
Left |
to Santee Dam-save
7.3 miles
by going straight |
|
31 |
|
Francis Marion Burial Site 1.5 miles to left
REST STOP? |
|
33.1 |
Left |
at fork -No marking- toward Kingstree |
|
35.2 |
Right |
on Road 35 |
|
35.2 |
|
Road 35 -Reset odometer |
|
35.6 |
|
straight on 35 -- 35 crosses 45 |
|
38.4 |
Left |
Russellville Rd. |
|
41.3 |
Left |
on 52 -St. Stephen REST STOP? |
|
41.5 |
Right |
on XXXX Rd. |
|
41.7 |
Right |
on Harristown Rd.-
toward Church |
|
51.5 |
|
Straight across Hiway 17 |
|
51.8 |
straight |
on Cane Gulley Rd.- 97 (left-quick right) |
|
58.2 |
Right |
on 402. |
|
59 |
|
on Mebkin Abbey Rd. is to the left |
|
60 |
Left |
on 402 Rd. straight ahead dead-ends) |
|
60.2 |
Right |
on 52 & 17A |
|
60.5 |
Left |
on 52 at fork |
|
61 |
Left |
Powerhouse Rd. |
|
61.2 |
Right |
Old Black Oak Rd. |
|
62.6 |
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Camp Moultrie- that's all folks! |
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