Magnolia Christian is located one mile north of the town of Due West, SC, home of Erskine College in Abbeville County and twelve miles from the historic Abbeville, South Carolina. A tour of the Burt-Stark Mansion near downtown Abbeville reveals a portion of the rich historical importance of this small town. Tour guides share that the discussion leading to the decision made by Southern leaders to end the War Between the States was made in the parlor of the old mansion.

The MCS physical facilities are situated on a beautiful campus that retains the quiet farmland atmosphere of an earlier era. Locals enjoy many outdoor sports including hunting numerous whitetail deer, wild turkeys, and rabbits commonly used to make Southern “Hash.” Water sports abound in the numerous lakes and ponds of the region. Golf and tennis are popular sports among the many country clubs found within a one-half hour drive of the school.

As one might imagine, the youth experience a mixture of the culture of the Old South and the rural culture common in American nostalgic art. It is placed on the low-lying foothills of the South Carolina Upstate region, a one-hour drive from the Greenville, Spartanburg Airport (GSP) and two-three hours from Atlanta, Georgia, depending on traffic.

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