Dog Friendly Hiking Trails Near SPA Airport

Nestled in the heart of Spartanburg, SC, Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve welcomes leashed dogs to stroll quiet pathways through plants, trees, and beautiful flower gardens. During your visit, you may meet Major, the garden pup. But if she's not there, you can stop by her statue for a photo op and to let your pooch drink from her fountain. Hatcher is a free, pet-friendly public garden and nature preserve for the community to enjoy, study, and be inspired.

The Cottonwood Trail is dog friendly and part of the Edwin M. Griffin Nature preserve, located minutes from downtown Spartanburg, SC. The property protects a 1.5 mile stretch of Lawson’s Fork Creek and several feeder streams. Over 5 miles of trails offer runners, naturalists, and dog walkers a break from city traffic. It provides a place for citizens to run, walk, kayak, canoe, and to enjoy other recreational outings. This urban greenspace has many unique and outstanding features including several wetlands, open spaces, geological formations, and offers habitat for deer, wild turkey, fox, numerous birds and reptiles, wildflowers, and trees. Pets must remain on a leash and under owner's control.

The Mary Black Foundation Rail Trail (Palmetto Trail) is one of 1600 rail-trails supported by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a nonprofit organization that is working to create a nationwide network of trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors. Previously an unused railroad corridor, this "rail-trail" is now a great place to walk Fido in Spartanburg! The map below shows a parking area with convenient access to the Mary Black Foundation Rail Trail (Palmetto Trail). Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has generously provided map data for this trail to Bring Fido for informational purposes only. For more detailed trail information, please visit TrailLink.com.