Outdoor Center offering tour of Sparkleberry Swamp

Palmetto Trail's High Hills Outdoor Center at Battens Store in Wedgefield is offering a paddling tour of Sparkleberry Swamp on Saturday. Meet at the center at 10 a.m. and bring a watercraft, or rent a canoe for $45 or a kayak for $35 at the center. Steve Collum, the Palmetto Conservation Foundation's map-maker and an outdoor enthusiast, will be the guide. The trip is rated easy to moderate and is about 4 miles round trip. From the center, located on S.C. 261, participants will travel by caravan to the Sparkleberry Boat Landing off Camp Mac Boykin Road. Reservations are required. Call (803) 494-5954 or e-mail highhillscenter@palmettoconservation.org.