The Savannah Valley Railroad Trail (SVT) is a hiking and biking trail opened in 2011, but the route has history dating back to the mid-1800's.

The Savannah Valley Railroad was first chartered in 1856 with plans to run from Anderson in the north to Edgefield, but it did not happen.  Twenty years later, the Charleston & Western Carolina laid 58 miles of track over the same basic route -- Anderson, Iva, Loundesville, McCormick -- in the 1870's.