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Park Hop '23

Are you ready for one of summer’s best annual events? Park Hop is the perfect event for your family. It’s free, you can enjoy the event on your own schedule and your kids can earn fabulous prizes. Plus, you participate by exploring parks in Greenville and Spartanburg! (isn’t that exactly what you already wanted to do this summer?).

Park Hop 2023 will run from May 13, 2023 – August 13, 2023.
2023 Park Hop Parks are below!

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Still need to get the App and sign-up? Find out everything you need to know in our Guide to Park Hop!

More Great Parks in the Upstate!

College Street Park

| 321 West College Street, Simpsonville, SC

Enjoy the small-town charm of a neighborhood park complete with a playground, basketball court, and a manicured, grassy space.

  • Basketball court, grassy space
  • Sunny playground
  • No restrooms
  • Free parking lot

Read our review of College Street Park.

Greer City Park

| 301 East Poinsett Street, Greer, SC

Greer City Park in Greer, South Carolina

With water fountains, bench swings, a paved trail going around the pond, and even a music-timed fountain, your children will want to do even more than play at the playground.

  • Music-timed fountain, bench swings, paved walking trail, grassy space
  • Sunny playground on rubber surface
  • Restrooms
  • Free parking lot

Read our review of Greer City Park.

Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail – Green Line Extension

| 815 Laurens Road, Greenville, SC

This section of the 25 miles of Swamp Rabbit Trail runs near Laurens Road in Greenville, SC.
The trail is great for walking, exercising, biking, and more!

Gateway Park

| 115 Henderson Drive, Travelers Rest, SC

Right off the Swamp Rabbit Trail in TR, enjoy dirt-bike trails or playing ball at this shady park.

  • Dirt-bike trails, football field, basketball court, baseball diamond
  • Playground in the shade
  • No restrooms
  • Free parking lot

Read our review of Gateway Park.

Southside Park

| 417 Baldwin Road, Simpsonville, SC

Home to Discovery Island Water Park, don’t miss the big playground, basketball and tennis courts, and soccer fields.

Read our review of Southside Park.

Va-Du-Mar McMillan Park

| 591 McMillin Boulevard, Spartanburg, SC

This park has it all from tennis courts and frisbee golf to enclosed playgrounds and a paved trail!

  • Tennis, sand volleyball, frisbee golf, paved trail
  • Enclosed, sunny playgrounds, swings
  • Restrooms
  • Free parking lot

Cleveland Park

| Cleveland Park Drive & East Washington, Greenville, SC

Playground at Cleveland Park

Bring your bikes for the Swamp Rabbit Trail, visit Major Rudolph Anderson’s Memorial, walk the Fernwood Nature Trail, relax in the Rock Quarry Garden, and play sports at this large park in the city of Greenville. The tennis courts were just resurfaced and a new pickleball court was installed.

  • Swamp Rabbit Trail, Rock Quarry Garden, Fernwood Nature Trail, Ramona Graham Fitness Trail, sports, memorials, picnic shelters, pickleball court
  • Covered big kid and preschool playgrounds, swings, and climbing structures in the sun
  • Restrooms
  • Free parking lot

 

Tyger River Park

| 179 Dillard Road, Duncan, SC

Once you have parked in one of the large parking lots, walk towards the tower in the center of the park and you will come across sunny playgrounds, a huge sand pit and even a wonderful splash pad.

  • Paved walking trail, picnic shelter, splash pad, baseball, frisbee golf, sand pit
  • Sunny playgrounds
  • Restrooms
  • Free parking lots

Northside Park

| 101 West Darby Road, Greenville, SC

With an incredible water park to cool off in during the summer, and a big, sunny playground to warm up in during the winter, this is your year-round destination.

  • Otter Creek Waterpark, basketball, tennis, soccer, sand volleyball, picnic shelter
  • Sunny playground for preschool and big kids
  • No restrooms (outside of the water park)
  • Free parking lot

Trailblazer Park

| 235 Trailblazer Drive, Travelers Rest, SC

Community Gardens at Trailblazer Park

Community events regularly happen at Trailblazer Park, in Travelers Rest, SC. You’ll find farmers markets, free movies, concerts, and more.

This park includes:

  • A Community Garden
  • An Amphitheatre
  • Sports Fields
  • Restrooms
  • Bench swings lining the front of the City Hall building

Sanctified Hill Park

| 437 Putnam Lane, Fountain Inn, SC

Sanctified Hill Park is a community park located in Fountain Inn, SC. It offers:

  • green space
  • playgrounds
  • expanded parking
  • walking trails

Sunset Park

| 211 Fowler Circle, Greenville, SC

Sunset Park is a fully-accessible park featuring an enclosed, accessible playground, another playground in the woods, and even a walking trail.

  • Basketball, baseball, soccer, picnic shelters, walking trail
  • Enclosed and fully-accessible playground in the sun, shady playground
  • Restrooms
  • Free parking lot

Read our full review of Sunset Park in Mauldin.

Holmes Park

| 111 Holmes Drive, Greenville, SC

With a new playground in the sun plus a frisbee golf course in the woods, this neighborhood park is perfect for a cold or warm day. The tennis courts were just resurfaced and a new pickleball court was installed.

  • Frisbee golf course, walking trail, picnic shelter, basketball court, baseball diamond, new tennis courts, pickleball courts
  • New playground in the sun
  • Restrooms
  • Free parking lot

Read our review of Holmes Park.

Emmanuel Sullivan Sports Complex

| 764 Woodside Ave, Fountain Inn, SC

The playground at the Emmanuel Sullivan Sports Complex in Fountain Inn, SC

Emmanuel Sullivan Sports Complex is also known as Woodside Park. You’ll find an imaginative playground in the middle of this Fountain Inn sports complex. Complete with awnings for shade, restrooms and multiple ball fields, this is a great place to spend an afternoon.

This park includes:

  • Shaded playground
  • Ground level trampoline
  • Imaginative playhouse theme on the playground
  • Multiple ball fields, including a special needs field with rubber ground.

Fountain Inn Splash Pad

| 104 North Main Street, Fountain Inn, SC

The Fountain Inn Splash pad is a FREE splash pad located downtown.

Learn more in our KA review of the Fountain Inn splash pad, including rules, hours, and more!

City Center Park

| 10 City Center Drive, Mauldin, SC

Playground at Mauldin's City Center Park

City Center Park is a beautiful park that includes a cultural center, fabulous playground, ice cream shop, and more!

City Center Park includes:

  • An age-appropriate divided playground
  • An Amphitheatre
  • Two Picnic shelters
  • Restrooms
  • Concession stand

Poinsett Park

| 5 Pine Forest Road, Travelers Rest, SC

This small park has a paved loop that encircles two playgrounds and a large green space.

  • Green space, paved trail, picnic shelter, creek
  • Preschool and big kid playground in the sun
  • Restrooms
  • Free parking lot

Read our review of Poinsett Park.

Century Park

| 3605 Brushy Creek Road, Greer, SC

Playground at Kids Planet, Century Park in Greer, SC

The newly-renovated Century Park features the fairytale-themed Benson Automotive Kids Planet. Kids Planet is located in the shade and sun and includes:

  • Two fence-enclosed age-appropriate play areas
  • Misting play area
  • Musical activity space
  • Ziplines
  • Hillside slides
  • A ground-level trampoline
  • Special needs child/parent swing
  • Sno Hut Shaved Ice concession stand

Century Park also offers:

  • Paved walking trail, picnic shelters, baseball diamonds, frisbee golf
  • Restrooms
  • Free parking lot

 

Leroy Mathis Park

| 50 Bishop Street, Inman, SC

Newly renovated, Leroy Mathis Park is located in Inman.

This park includes:

  • Grill
  • Outdoor Fitness Equipment
  • Parking
  • Picnic Shelter
  • Playground
  • Restrooms
  • Swings
  • Trails

Heritage Park

| 861 SE Main Street, Simpsonville, SC

Heritage Park in Simpsonville, SC

Perfect for a hot day, head to this park for an enclosed playground, bench swings, a paved walking trail or even a train ride.

  • Train, paved walking trail
  • Shady, enclosed playground
  • Restrooms
  • Free parking lot

Read our review of Heritage Park.