Go north on Hwy 110 from the town of Cowpens. The land here is flat before the escarpment to the mountains. The green fields are turning tan and scattered with bales of hay. The park itself is of flat green fields and forrests. The monument stands beside the visitor center where you can buy a CD to listen to in your car as you drive the 3.4 miles along the route of the battle. On January 17, 1781, the patriot forces led by Brigader General Daniel Morgan and Andrew Pickens defeated the Britist forces led by Lt Colonel Banastre Tarleton. 110 British soldiers lost their lives and 712 were taken prisoner.
There is a picnic shelter on a loop of the route with a nature trail though the hardwood forrest. It is probably not more than 3 miles long, well maintained with study briges over the stream which winds through it.
It was a perfect sun dappled day with temperatures in the high 60's to 80's. Down below hurricane Isaac is battering Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and the Florida Keys.
There are two very beautiful ground covers along the trail, one is a tiny heart shaped leaf with bright red berries. The other is a four inch tall branching plant living in large colonies. It looks like a type of cedar.
We meet only a couple with two boxers and a grandmother and child with their chichauaus, Homer and Ciara dressed respectively in a blue T-shirt and a pink tutu.
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