It’s no secret that we have a lot of great outdoor activities, including parks, in the Greenville, SC. But if you’re pushing a stroller, you may be specifically hunting for a great park with a walking trail for you and your little one to enjoy a smooth ride! Your bigger ones may want a paved path where they can roller skate or practice riding their bikes. Here is our list of parks with short and long paved trails.
Looking for more information about Parks in Greenville? Visit our Ultimate Guide to Parks in Greenville. You’ll find parks by location and amenities like basketball courts, swings and more.
This park has a great paved walking trail going around 5 baseball diamonds and a big, sunny playground.
Read our review of David Jackson Park.
This updated park is close to downtown Spartanburg.
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Set in a quiet, mature neighborhood right inside the City of Greenville, children will love the new playground, swingset and sidewalk for their wheels.
Read our review of University Park.
Everyone can take an easy walk to Cedar Falls. There’s also a fun playground and even sand volleyball.
Read our review of Cedar Falls Park.
This is a well-loved park year-round in Spartanburg where kids can play on airport-themed equipment and watch the planes overhead. During the summer, there is also a splash pad.
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This shady playground with lots of swings is surrounded by soccer fields and a paved walking trail.
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Stroll across Greenville’s iconic Liberty Bridge, picnic by the river, and let your kids cool off at the city’s only splash pad. You can also turn your visit into a scavenger hunt if you look for the butterflies from the Butterfly Keeper Project.
Read our review of Falls Park.
Just off of Ashville Highway and right inside the city limits of Spartanburg is Cleveland Park, a large, beautiful old park with a great playground.
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Located in the middle of the Converse Heights neighborhood, this shaded park is enclosed but does not have much parking or any restrooms.
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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.
A paved walking trail winds through two baseball diamonds, a picnic shelter with restrooms and enclosed, sunny playgrounds.
Right off the main streets of Greer and across from Pelican’s SnoBalls, this park includes Victor Field, a sunny playground, and a walking trail. You can also find a basketball court across the parking lot and even a lending library.
Your children will love watching the planes take off and land at this fully-enclosed park right beside the Downtown Greenville Airport. You can even enjoy a scavenger hunt!
Read our review of Runway Park.
This park has it all from tennis courts and frisbee golf to enclosed playgrounds and a paved trail!
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Take a walk or run while your child plays basketball or plays at the playground at this quiet park.
Located in a quiet neighborhood, your kids will love the paved loop around the green space, basketball court and sunny playgrounds.
Fully enclosed, this park features a paved loop with traffic signs and parking spots. It also has basketball, swings and a sand pit.
Home to the Greenville County Parks & Rec office, you will find a fully-accessible, sunny playground beside a preschool playground and lots of swings at the entrance off Old Spartanburg. If you go in the Scottswood entrance, you’ll find an enclosed, sunny playground with swings, a sandbox, and a grassy space. With a dog park, tennis courts, paved trail, and even an ice rink and bounce house inside, you will find something for everyone to love.
This tranquil park has a large bridge that crosses the Reedy River, as well as bench swings and a green space.
Read our review of Cancer Survivors Park.
This shaded park is located in Landrum’s business district.
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Community events regularly happen at Trailblazer Park, in Travelers Rest, SC. You’ll find farmers markets, free movies, concerts, and more.
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Located at the site of the former Hopewell Hospital, built in 1930, Herdklotz has a large paved walking trail that weaves around sand volleyball courts, soccer fields, and two amazing playgrounds.
Read our review of Herdklotz Park.
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!
Set with some distance from the waterpark, your children will love the two playgrounds encircled by a walking trail and beside a picnic shelter.
Read our review of  Lakeside Park.
The newly-renovated Century Park features the fairytale-themed Benson Automotive Kids Planet. Kids Planet is located in the shade and sun and includes:
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This enclosed park boasts bench swings, a basketball court, a picnic shelter, a paved path, and a sunny playground with swings.
This park is undergoing extensive renovations and is closed until Fall 2024.
The city just built three new bridges, a new playground, and a new mini-golf course at the oldest park in Greenville!
Read our review of McPherson Park.
You can spot the Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter from the road, but be sure to get out of your car to visit the memorial and enjoy a walk around the park.
While this park doesn’t have a picnic shelter, it has several picnic tables and a grill on a sunny, flat green space beside the playground. A sidewalk winds from the playground to the street.
Gower Park will be closed for major renovations until 2024.
Don’t miss the cool military tank by the tennis courts at this large, neighborhood park. There’s also a new playground, restroom and even a zip line!
Read our review of Gower Estates.
This community center has a paved path, picnic shelter and playground.
Home to a fully accessible playground, this park is located in Boiling Springs.
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Close to Cherrydale, this park has a nice walking trail and a sunny, enclosed playground on the sand.
This fantastical children’s garden set right outside Falls Park features a rainbow garden, paved trail, characters from children’s stories and more.
Read our review of Linky Stone Park.
A portion of The Children’s Garden at Linky Stone Park will be closed until the end of July 2022. If participating in Park Hop, the clues are still accessible.
If you are looking for a relaxing walk, an easy bike ride, a shady picnic or just some peace, come to Swan Lake at the back of Furman University.
Read our review of Furman University.
The last covered bridge in South Carolina, Campbell’s Covered Bridge crosses the Beaverdam Creek and features a paved walking trail down to the bridge as well as a nature trail through the woods.
See our review of Campbell’s Covered Bridge.
Not to be confused with Croft State Park, this park sits beside Stone Academy and features a sunny playground, swings and paved walking trail.
This small park has a paved loop that encircles two playgrounds and a large green space.
Read our review of Poinsett Park.
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.
Read our review of Greer City Park.
This park located beside Greer’s Center for the Arts has a fabulous unique playground.
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Perfect for a hot day, head to this park for an enclosed playground, bench swings, a paved walking trail or even a train ride.
Read our review of Heritage Park.
If you don’t think the large green space, enclosed preschool playground, large playground, paved walking trail and bench swings are enough, you can also head in to Lake Conestee Nature Preserve when you’re at this incredible park.
Read our review of Conestee Park.
Located by Walmart and the fire station, this park is an enclosed space in the middle of all the Boiling Springs action.
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With a fully-enclosed preschool playground in the shade and a big playground in the sun for the bigger kids, your children will love coming to this park. Bring your wheels and tennis rackets!
Read our review of Butler Springs.
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.
Modeled after Central Park, this is the perfect park for picnics, kite-flying, walks and play of all kinds.
Read our review of Legacy Park.