Other trails within the North Carolina segment of Ellicott Rock Wilderness Area include the Slick Rock Trail, an easy, .2-mile trail off of Bull Pen Road, approximately 6 miles from Highlands. This short walk on an unmarked trail leads to massive rock formations affording scenic views of the Chattooga River. Two other trails offer a moderate hike to picturesque views of the Chattooga River with its cascades and pools, sandbars and boulders. The trailhead for the Chattooga River Trail and Chattooga River Loop Trail can be found off Bull Pen Road at the Chattooga River bridge, marked by an information board. After .7 mile, the Chattooga River Trail connects with the Chattooga River Loop Trail, which completes the loop with an additional 1 mile of trail.
Numerous wildflowers appear along the wilderness area trails.
It occurs sparsely on river bluffs or wooded stream margins. The area also supports a diverse wildlife population. His illustrations were not discovered, however, for nearly a century. In 1833, naturalist Reverend John Bachman reported the Swainson's warbler on the Edisto River in South Carolina, but it was not sighted again until ornithologists William Brewster and Arthur Wayne reported the species nearly 50 years later. Brewster theorized that this and other lost birds might be found in the southern Appalachian Mountains, and began searching near the present Ellicott Wilderness.