The fundamentals for a great trail experience is here it just needs more investment in signage to bring it to its full potential. I rode 14 miles of the Swamp Rabbit Trail starting in Traveler's Rest and ending at the trail's end near Greenville Tech. Kudos to Prisma Health for financing and developing this trail and to Greenville and Travelers Rest for maintaining this exceptional trail! This is certainly a destination trail not to be missed. Lots of extremely friendly locals, tourists, and families were enjoying the falls, gardens, and trails. Even though we were in a downtown area, we felt totally safe. It was worth it for more river, art, and beautiful landscape views. We continued on for a couple more miles as far as the zoo. Greenville has done a superb job around the falls with exquisite architecture, art installations, and landscaping to enhance the enjoyment of the Reedy Falls area. The highlight for me was reaching downtown Greenville and experiencing the Reedy River and its falls area. The trail was fairly flat, smooth, and being taken advantage of by locals out for their early morning walks and jogs. With the thermometer reading forty-two degrees at the outset of our early morning ride in a late March, these two Southern Californians braved the cold to enjoy the beautiful ride through the woods toward Greenville. This was a great location not only for jumping on the trail and pedaling the ten miles to Greenville, but to also take advantage of the charming Main Street of Travelers Rest. We had optimistic expectations for this highly regarded trail, and we were not let down! We stayed in a Hampton Inn directly across the trail in Travelers Rest. In our attempt to ride our bikes in all fifty states, we decided on the Swamp Rabbit for our South Carolina achievement.
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