“F” is for Forty-Acre Rock (Lancaster County). Forty-Acre Rock harbors one of the most diverse plant habitats in the Piedmont of South Carolina. Actually, a fourteen-acre slab of granite (called a monadnock by geologists), the exposed rock was once a magma flow far beneath the earth that cooled and hardened and was revealed only through millennia of erosion. Nearly a dozen rare, threatened, or endangered species are protected at Forty-Acre Rock, most notably the endangered pool sprite, which flourishes there. The popular destination is protected under the state’s Heritage Trust Program and, with its surrounding area along nearby Flat Creek, offers 1,587 acres of preserve for the benefits of wildlife—both plant and animal—and visitors. Forty-Acre Rock is registered as a National Natural Landmark.
“F” is for Forty-Acre Rock
