An upstate Piedmont river flowing 65 miles through Spartanburg and Union counties past historic textile mill ruins and rocky shoals. The Tyger offers a unique blend of natural beauty and industrial archaeology — crumbling mill dams and stone foundations line a river that has largely returned to a wild state. Designated an SC Scenic River, the North Tyger through Spartanburg County holds the best mill-ruin paddling before the river joins the Broad downstream.
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