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Are you looking for things to do in York, SC? We recently spent a few days exploring all that York County, South Carolina has to offer visitors and we found a lot! There’s something there no matter what your family enjoys doing. We discovered orchards, outdoor activities, and delicious food that we know you will enjoy. So, let us help you get ready for your next day trip to York, South Carolina!

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One of the things I love about living in the Upstate is that I feel like there’s an infinite supply of things to explore not far from home. York County, South Carolina has proven to be a wealth of adventure opportunities, and I feel like we barely scratched the surface. During our two day visit, we found fun on a farm, a park full of butterflies, delicious food, and more! I’m so glad that all of this is just about 90 minutes from home, so I can go back whenever I want. Oh, and do I want to!

Since it’s so close, I’m going to list the things to see, do, and eat grouped so you can decide if you want to make a day or a weekend of a trip there! Hop in the car and head east to find adventure. The kids can keep busy in the car with these cute coloring sheets from places around York County.

Looking for more places to spend the day with your family? Here’s our list of Day Trip Towns, just a short drive from the Upstate.

Things to Do in York, SC: Outdoor Adventures!

1080 Draper Road, McConnells | 864.427.5140

The Draper Wildlife Area is most popular with the general public for its summer sunflower display during the month of July. Our trip to see the spectacle of acres of sunflowers was our introduction to York County this summer! You can read all about our visit to the huge field of sunflowers.

The Draper Wildlife Area also offers fishing from stocked lakes, and a special area for kids to fish from. Sign-up for the SCDR emails to be notified of fishing clinics hosted on the property for children.

2573 Lake Haigler Drive, Fort Mill | 803.547.4575

This is probably one of the most beautiful things to do in York, SC, because the Greenway is nearly three times the size of New York City’s Central Park! The Springs milling family donated and maintains this land. A portion of which was purchased generations ago from the Catawba Indians. There is so much to see and do there! You can even go horseback riding here! You can learn all about our day at the Anne Springs Close Greenway, and how you can make a day of exploring this beautiful park.

255 East Rambo Road, Rock Hill | 803.324.3020

If you are a thrill seeker looking for a new adventure to be had on the water, this is the place you’ll find it! Southtown Wake Park offers several different water sports for visitors to try out. First-timers can practice on the smaller lake before heading to the larger course. If wakeboarding isn’t for you, there’s also a floating obstacle course, kayaking & paddleboarding available. If you really want to try wakeboarding, but you’re intimidated, try kneeboarding first. It’s the same kind of excitement as wakeboarding, with less to have to control.

1277 Park Road, Blacksburg | 864.936.7921

Have you ever noticed that large mountain to the right of I85 as you’re traveling to Charlotte?

If you’ve never heard of Kings Mountain State Park and you want to learn more, we’ve got all the details on why this park is a history-lovers paradise that also has lakes, hiking trails, and equestrian trails. Read Kristina’s review of her trip to the historical site of Kings Mountain.

Farms & Orchards: Fun Things to Do in York, SC

448 Different South Carolina Agritourism Farm Locations

We discovered a fun activity while visiting York County. The South Carolina Department of Agriculture offers this free passport program to encourage people to explore their local food suppliers. With over 448 different locations throughout the state, it won’t be hard to collect enough to earn the prizes offered!

You can get four stamps just by visiting the locations included in this article! There are a bunch in the Greenville area too! Just ask for your passport at the first place you visit on the list of participating SC Agritourism locations.

1800 Black Highway, York | 803.684.2333

Most people think that Georgia is the peach capital of the South. Well, they’re wrong, it’s actually South Carolina. We produce more peaches here than our neighbors to the west. Black’s Peaches is where it all started, nearly 100 years ago in 1923.

While you’re visiting the oldest peach farm in the state, have a seat, and enjoy lunch. If you enjoy a big juicy cheeseburger, this is the spot! It’s not often I make note of how fresh a burger tastes, and while I don’t know how to explain what that tastes like – I found it here. You can get Pimento cheese sandwiches, tomato sandwiches, fries, and more.

After you’ve eaten – don’t forget to grab some fresh produce!

1650 Filbert Highway, York | 803.684.2732

Here in South Carolina, the strawberry season usually only lasts a few weeks. Here at Bush-N-Vine, they use greenhouses and other farming tricks to offer fresh strawberries most of the year! In addition to the berries, they offer other seasonal fruits and vegetables. If you visit Bush-N-Vine you have to try the fresh fruit slushies they make. We had blackberry and it was just perfect on a hot summer day.

Watch their social media account for when the PYO sunflower field is ready in the fall.

1860 Black Highway, York | 803.684.0690

If you like all things apple and apple cider, then this is the place you need to put on your end-of-summer bucket list. Windy Hill offers the standard orchard offerings of PYO apples, cider slushies, cider donuts, and apple cider; they make their own Hard Apple Cider. Folks, it doesn’t get fresher than that. You can sit among the apple trees sipping from a flight of Windy Hill’s Hard cider offerings while listening to live music on the weekends.

Delicious Restaurants to Enjoy in York, SC

1906 Cherry Road, Rock Hill | 803.980.8151

Las Americas Supermarket not only has super awesome authentic tacos, they almost give them away weekly in celebration of Taco Tuesday. They are fifty cents apiece.

You heard me.

5 dimes, 2 quarters, or 10 nickels will buy you a warm scoop of meat wrapped in two corn tortillas and topped with cilantro and onion. My mouth is watering right now thinking about it. But if you plan on partaking in the Taco Tuesday offer, you need to plan (and order) ahead. As I’m sure you can imagine the locals in Rock Hill order these up by the tray full, and once they’re all booked up, no hay más (there’s no more).

While you’re waiting on those delicious tacos, check out the murals wrapped around the side and rear of the building. There are Mexican legends adorning the wall, larger than life.

251 Textile Way, Fort Mill | 803.548.6868

Located in the Kingsley Town Center, Spice Asian Kitchen offers fusion cuisine convenient to the hotel on the same property where we stayed. We ordered up a feast of taking out and brought it back to the Courtyard by Marriott. The portions were huge; my kids split the Spicy Chicken Fried Rice and still only ate half.

We also ordered Chicken Pad Thai, Szechuan Dumplings, and the Roti Canai. Luckily the hotel has a mini-fridge, and we enjoyed our takeout again the next night for dinner!

1385 Broadcloth St, Fort Mill | 855.516.1090

Marriott offers some of the most family-friendly brands in hotels. That’s what makes it one of our family’s favorites. Whether you travel a lot as we do, or just once in a while, become a Marriott Bonvoy member. It gives you contactless check-in; you can use your phone as the door key, late check-in, and other member benefits. Plus, it’s free!

I especially appreciated the nesting tables in the room that we could pull out and use as a dining table for our meals. Breakfast is served along with Starbucks coffee downstairs every morning, or you can enjoy breakfast at one of the restaurants right outside of the hotel.

More Things to Do in York, SC

There are so many things we want to do on future trips to York County! If we left something off, that you think we should know about, be sure to tell us in the comments. We’d love to know!

So, it’s time to start planning your next day trip to York, SC! What do you have planned?

Surveyors found the storm produced hail stones at least 2 inches in diameter. Some are wondering why they didn't get a notification on their phone or hear sirens.

YORK, S.C. — Nearly a week later, people in Rock Hill, South Carolina are still cleaning up damage from an intense hail storm.

This supercell thunderstorm produced winds up to 90 miles per hour and moved across York County late Saturday afternoon. Surveyors found the storm produced hail stones at least 2 inches in diameter. Some people are wondering why they didn't get a notification on their phone or hear sirens ahead of the storm.

"It happened all of a sudden. I had no clue anything was coming," Richard Molck, from York County, said.

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Molck and his family were watching NASCAR outside his father's home when the storm hit.

"Oh my god, I'm a big man, and it took everything in me to hold that umbrella up," he said. "I was bracing myself against the deck."

That's why he is asking us this question: "Why didn't the sirens go off?"

He's also wondering why he didn't get a notification on his phone.

OUR SOURCES:

York County told us when the National Weather Service issues a tornado warning for their county, that's when sirens will sound.

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A tornado warning was never issued for this storm, therefore, York County's sirens did not go off.

The National Weather Service has a three-tiered severe thunderstorm warning system called "impacted-based warnings."

RAISE YOUR WEATHER IQ: Understanding impact-based warnings

The most severe tier is "destructive," according to the National Weather Service. These storms have winds of 80 mph or greater and hail the size of baseballs. Storms identified within this tier will activate the Wireless Emergency Alert System on any phone located within the warning area.

RAISE YOUR WEATHER IQ: This is when Wireless Emergency Alerts are sent to your phone

However, on Saturday the National Weather Service identified the Rock Hill storm within the "considerable" tier, which is one level lower than destructive.

Storms that are ranked considerabe do not activate the Wireless Emergency Alert System.

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From what the National Weather Service told WCNC Charlotte Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich, it now sounds like they are second-guessing that decision.

"It's a difficult thing to do to pull that alarm and say this is very catastrophic. It was under consideration, and in the end, it wasn't, and maybe it should have been," Steve Wilkinson, the meteorologist in-charge of the local National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg, said.

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To receive wireless emergency alerts, including those for storms and amber alerts, go into the Settings of your phone and make sure the Wireless Emergency Alerts are enabled.

You can also download the WCNC Charlotte news app, which also provides timely weather alerts regardless of which tier they are designated by the National Weather Service. These alerts are only received when the app's push notification and location-tracking abilities are enabled.

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A York County pizza place with almost 30 years of serving customers is expanding for the first time.

Lake Wylie Pizza & Italian Restaurant posted on its Facebook page that a new spot is coming soon in York. The 1075 Filbert Hwy. space is in the Food Lion-anchored shopping center at the U.S. 321 and S.C. 5 intersection, the former address of R&B Pub House and 321 Crossroads.

Lake Wylie Pizza opened in 1995, just off S.C. 49 on the South Carolina side of Buster Boyd Bridge, at 4074 Charlotte Hwy. It’s close to River Hills and other neighborhoods on the peninsula as well as the Steele Creek area of Charlotte.

The menu has pizza, calzone, stromboli and pasta dishes. Lake Wylie Pizza also serves sub sandwiches, burgers, chicken wings, salads and desserts.

About Lake Wylie Pizza

The Lake Wylie restaurant opens at 11 a.m. weekdays and at 8 a.m. on weekends. A breakfast and brunch menu on weekends includes omelets, waffles, French toast and meat-and-egg plates. The restaurant closes at 9 p.m. daily.

In December, Lake Wylie Pizza owner Huseyin Yem was named business person of the year for 2023 by the Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce.

“Yem has hired, trained and mentored literally scores of young people through the years that have blossomed and gone on to have careers in the food and beverage industry,” said chamber President Susan Bromfield.

The Lake Wylie restaurant is a go-to gathering spot for weekend breakfasts and family nights out, she said.

“We look forward to supporting the new location, too,” Bromfield said.

Visit York County lists 44 restaurants under its pizza tab, with less than half of them being large chains like Domino’s, Pizza Hut, Papa John’s, Little Caesar’s or Cici’s. Most are single-shop eateries, or they have a few locations in the region.

Tony’s Pizza and Italian Restaurant is the only non-chain pizza place listed with a York address. York does have a Domino’s and a Pizza Hut.

This story was originally published January 22, 2024, 12:47 PM.

York County will add a new spot for fishing, disc golf and hiking in one of its busiest areas for public recreation.

The York County Council approved a concept plan for the 60-acre Thistle Park. The site near the old Five Points intersection in Lake Wylie, includes a large pond and three streams that run through the width of it. The property also reaches to state highway S.C. 55 on its northern point.

The plan shows three fishing banks and on the pond a non-motorized boat access area. The concept has three spots for disc golf, with two nearby the pond. A 3-acre dog park will have a water feature, fencing and punch code access for safety, with benches and wash stations.

Other added amenities include an open meadow and a separate nature-based play area. A gatehouse, ranger station, restrooms and picnic shelters are located along almost 3 miles of gravel, dirt or concrete trails.

Council didn’t give a timeline for when construction might begin or an open date. Those details will follow work by the county parks department and the Bethel-Lake Wylie Land Acquisition and Preservation Parks District.

The Lake Wylie area is a large part of the growing parks and recreation program in York County. There wasn’t a parks department when Lake Wylie voters opted to set up a special tax district as a condition to get Field Day Park, which opened in 2020. Later that year, Lake Wylie voters again chose to tax themselves to create the park district to buy and preserve property.

In 2021 the district bought four properties at more than 150 combined acres. It acquired the 87-acre Woodend Farm on S.C. 557 for $4.3 million, which now hosts public events. The almost 7-acre Goat Farm on S.C. 274, bought for $1.4 million, has farmers markets. The $1.9 million purchase of Thistle Park is the next step.

Apart from the park district, Allison Creek Park opened last fall in Lake Wylie. Nanny’s Mountain Historical Park is about a mile from Thistle Park. Even county parks that aren’t in Lake Wylie have connections to the lake. Long-time Ebenezer Park in Rock Hill is on Lake Wylie, while the coming Catawba Bend Preserve is just below the lake on the Catawba River.

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November 08, 2023 11:15 AM

This story was originally published February 9, 2024, 2:03 PM.

Heavy rain and gusty winds are expected to lash York, Chester, and Lancaster counties in South Carolina on Tuesday, with the possibility of thunderstorms and a tornado, according to the National Weather Service forecast and emergency officials.

The severe weather Tuesday has the chance of peaking during the afternoon commute, said Chuck Haynes, York County Emergency Management Director. Haynes urged anyone on the road Tuesday afternoon during severe weather to use extra caution.

“All day is expected to be rainy and windy, but there is a chance that the late afternoon hours could see the worst of it,” Haynes said Monday.

Rain forecasts for the Rock Hill area are from 1 to 2 inches with the possibility of more, according to the Weather Service. Winds are expected to be 20-30 miles per hour, with guts of 45 MPH, the forecast shows.

The area has a wind advisory and a flood watch for Tuesday. That means there’s a potential for flash flooding, according to the Weather Service.

All four York County school districts and the Lancaster County school district have switched to virtual school for Tuesday in preparation for the weather.

While the rain could be heavy, the wind is especially concerning for the roads, said Darren Player, emergency management director for Lancaster County.

A dynamic storm system will bring multiple weather hazards to our area tonight through Tue. Threat #1: Very heavy rainfall expected, with 2-4" for much of the area. 4-6" with locally higher amounts over the mountainous areas along the GA/SC/NC border. (1/4) #gawx #ncwx #scwx pic.twitter.com/ErFxSaqkmJ

— NWS GSP (@NWSGSP) January 8, 2024

The severe weather has the possibility of tornadoes, mainly south of Interstate 85, according to the Weather Service. I-85 skirts the western edge of York County.

“We are going to have breezy conditions in the morning then after lunch winds will be even higher,” Player said Monday afternoon. “Wind gusts that could reach 45 miles per hour are enough to buffet vehicles on the road.”

Both Haynes and Player said high winds combined with rain bring the possibility of downed trees and power lines.

“Drivers need to be aware of debris on the road,” Player said.

This story was originally published January 8, 2024, 3:50 PM.