Admission: $4 for Lexington Country residents, $5 for non-residents.
Hours of Operation: open daily from 7:00 – sunset.
Saluda Shoals Park is one of three areas that make up the Columbia Area. The other two are Lake Murray Dam Park, and Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve.
This area lies along the Lower Saluda River’s eastern bank, and is a small wooded area with fields, the best birding is done here in April/May, and September/October.
Red-shouldered Hawk, Barred Owl, Hairy Woodpecker, Brown-headed Nuthatch, House Wren.
Mississippi Kite, Acadian Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Wood Thrush, Northern Parula, Yellow-throated Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Swainson’s Warbler, Kentucky Warbler, Summer Tanager, Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Painted Bunting, Orchard Oriole.
Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Bald Eagle, Bonaparte’s gull, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, White-crowned Sparrow, Fox Sparrow.