Visitor Guidelines Index
- Aiken Hounds
- Alcohol
- Carriages
- Dog Walkers
- Dumping
- Entrances And Parking Areas
- Equestrians / Trail Riding Clubs / Seasonal Equestrians / Eventers
- Etiquette / Behavior / Yield Signage
- Exotics
- Field Trips (Educational)
- Film Crews
- Fishing / Game Hunting / Trapping
- For-Profit Activities
- Geocaching
- Jumps
- Memorials / Memorial Services
- Metal Detectors
- Pedestrians
- Polo Ponies
- Prohibited Uses
- Runners
- Scientific Use Policy
- Scouts
- Signage
- Smoking / Fires / Firearms / Fireworks
- Special Events
- Tea Cottage Policy
- Trails
- User Fees (Pedestrian And Equestrian)
- Volunteers
Dog Walkers
Following are guidelines for visitors with dogs. Violators will be subject to criminal and/or civil penalties for injuries or damages caused by their dogs under the South Carolina Code of Laws.
- Dog walkers will honor guidelines in this section and all other guidelines and rules of etiquette in the Visitors Guide, as well as those in the Hitchcock Woods Foundation’s brochures and maps.
- Follow instructions on all “yield” signage as described in this document.
- This opportunity must be regarded as a privilege and not a right.
- All dogs must be controlled by their handlers at all times.
- Control is accomplished with a restraining device such as a leash … or a dog must be trained to obey an audible command to immediately return to its handler or to immediately stop movement and allow the handler to go to the dog and establish physical control.
- Dog walkers who feel that the presence of wildlife in the Woods are a threat to their dogs are hereby advised to keep their dogs on a leash at all times.
- Under no circumstances will dogs be permitted to be out of their handler’s sight.
- Under no circumstances will dogs be permitted to approach in a threatening manner and/or to make physical contact with other people or animals using the Woods. Persons who are repeatedly reported to be in violation of this rule may be restricted from entering the Woods with their dogs.
- No person may engage in hunting or training for hunting or other competition in the Hitchcock Woods without prior written consent from the Hitchcock Woods Foundation.
See guidelines for related topics / issues:
Etiquette / Behavior, Pedestrians, Prohibited Uses, Trails, Volunteers