Projects

Heritage Park to Fountain Inn Swamp Rabbit Trail

Status: Designing
UGATA is working with Seamon Whiteside Engineering to design and permit a 3.5 mile Multi-use trail to connect Heritage Park to the existing Swamp Rabbit Trail in Fountain Inn

Gap Creek Passage of the Palmetto Trail

Status: Ongoing
The Upstate Trail Corps is partnering with the Palmetto Conservation Foundation to complete the new 12-mile Gap Creek Passage of the Palmetto Trail.

Mile Creek Park Loop

Status: Upcoming
Upstate Trail Corps is partnering with Pickens County Parks, Recreation, & Tourism to complete a 3-mile loop trail at Mile Creek Park.

Country Club Park Trails

Status: In Progress
UGATA’s Upstate Trail Corps is partnering with the City of Greer’s Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism to build a ~1 mile nature trail inside Country Club Road Park.

Dismal Park Trail Rebuild

Status: Complete
UGATA’s Upstate Trail Corps partnered with South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism to rebuild a deteriorated portion of this scenic trail in Caesar’s Head State Park.

David Jackson Park Nature Trail

Status: Grand Opening December 16th!
UGATA is partnering with Greenville Rec to bring a new trail to David Jackson Park!

Orange Line of the Swamp Rabbit Trail

Status: 1 mile completed Dec 2019
Our founding project, the one that birthed UGATA!

Lakeside Park Trails

Status: Complete
The Lakeside Park trail project is a huge win for the Upstate, especially for the underserved neighborhood where it is located. 

TR Greenway

Status: In Progress
UGATA is working to build a 2.1 mile greenway connector from TR High School to the George I. Theisen Family YMCA

Interactive Greenways Map

Status: Complete
UGATA created a comprehensive, interactive map of all the high quality trails and greenways in the Upstate and show the areas where our network can be improved and expanded. Please take a look, and if you have any suggestions or edits please reach out to Sam.

Upstate AmeriCorps Trail Crew

Status: Upcoming
UGATA hosts an AmeriCorps team to build and maintain natural surface trails across the Upstate.

Sulphur Springs/Swamp Rabbit Trail Green Paint

Status: Complete
With the generous help of Carli’s Legacy, UGATA added green paint to the existing Sulphur Springs crosswalk

Lakeside Park Trailhead

Status: Complete
The Lakeside Trail Network has a brand new Trailhead to welcome you to the trails and let you know how we built them.

Removal of bollards from Swamp Rabbit Trail in City of Greenville

Status: In progress
UGATA assisted our partner the City of Greenville in bringing the Swamp Rabbit Trail in the city limits into compliance with best practices under the Federal Highway Administration.

Main St/Stone Ave Green Paint​

Status: Complete
UGATA has improved this intersection by adding green paint!

Troop 19 Trail

Status: Complete
There is an exciting network of soft-surface trails next to the Greenville Zoo in Cleveland Park.  But by 2018, the trails had become unusable due to overgrown vegetation and many fallen trees.