Mars Bluff, South Carolina: Atom Bomb Dropped Here
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- Address:
- Crater Rd/4776 Lucius Circle, Mars Bluff, SC
- Directions:
- On E. Palmetto St./US 301, roughly 6.5 miles east of Florence. The marker is on the north side of the highway, 1.2 miles east of Freedom Blvd or .3 miles west of Francis Marion Rd/Hwy 327. To reach the crater, drive up the road (Crater Rd) next to the marker, then turn sharply right as it bends around an abandoned trailer park. When you get to a gate leading out of the trailer park, you'll see a small, overgrown path on the left leading into the woods, to the crater. Private property. Visitors are assumed to have gained permission from the owner to visit.
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- Worth a Detour
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Atom Bomb Dropped Here
In 1958 an atom bomb fell out of a plane and blew a crater into the gummy soil of Mars Bluff, South Carolina. The atomic part didn't explode.
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Atom Bomb dropped Here
We followed the Lucius Road tips and easily located the crater. Huge wooden cut out the size of the actual bomb is still there along with newspaper articles in a glass case!
[Shelly Duffer, 03/10/2024]4776 Lucius Circle, Florence SC is indeed the correct address. We plugged it into our GPS and it led us directly to the vacant lot. It's nestled between two houses. We asked a neighbor, where the entrance was, and she pointed to dead tree on the lot. She said the entrance is just behind it. The tree is near a shed with a red roof. Just beyond the entrance you can see the news article case to the right, and the hole is just beyond it. We cleared some of the sticks for the next visitors.
[Levi, 11/21/2018]Atom Bomb Dropped Here
The vacant lot is actually at 4776 Lucius Circle. The crater, bomb cutout, and kiosk with newspaper clippings are all still intact, just into the woods behind the lot as of May 2017. Neighbors are friendly.
[Dennis & Maureen, 05/24/2017]That path through the woods is overgrown to the point of being impassible. The abandoned RV park is chained off as well. The crater is easily accessed from between two houses on Lucius Circle. There are no signs posted. It is unclear if this is a legitimate entrance or not.
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