Dog walking in Spartanburg

Little Vista Heights

Little Vista Heights is a gorgeous suburban neighborhood with rows of residential homes. The area is also home to one of the city's largest parks known as Duncan Park. The 102 acre community park is a popular one, with different features like recreational ballfields for baseball, softball and soccer, paved walking trails, a small lake for fishing, and a wooded one-mile nature trail. Dogs must remain on a leash while inside the park, but can enjoy other amenities like water fountains, clean-up stations, and trash bins. The park also connects to the 2-mile long trail know as the Mary Black Rail Trail. The trail is dog-friendly to leashed pups, and has benches and trash bins along the way.

Hilltop

The Hilltop neighborhood is not on top of a hilltop, but still has lots of grassy terrains. Some of those grassy fields belong to Cleveland Park, a 90-acre area with a large lake and over 3.2 miles of paved walking trails that wind throughout. Leashed pups are always welcome at the park where the main features include fishing, boating, walking, and swimming. There's also plenty of open space for Fide to run around on and enjoy additional amenities like water fountains and clean-up stations. Fairfield Park is also in the neighborhood, and provides a quiet and less populated open space with benches and water fountains.

Converse College

Converse College is most known for housing Chapman Cultural College. The area also has some nice dog-friendly parks, like Barnet Park. This park offers a large green space open for all activities, and is surrounded by winding trails that extend over .5 miles. Park goers and their pups can enjoy the amphitheater, pavilion access, picnic shelters, shaded sitting areas, water fountains, and trash bins. Richardson Park is also in the neighborhood, and is surrounded by trees for privacy and shade. This park also provides water fountains, benches, and nighttime lights for people and pups staying past sunset. Don't forget to leash up your pup!

S Church St/ Carlisle St

The South Church Street and Carlisle Street neighborhood is an urban one, close to downtown with busy streets and shops. Among the concrete structures is Irwin Park, a larger fielded park with recreational ballfields and enclosed tennis courts. There's also a paved path and trees that surround the park to offer privacy. Dogs must remain on a leash inside the park, but can enjoy long walks along the paths or play in the open fields. Willow Oaks Park is also in the neighborhood, and provides a completely forested space, with plenty of shaded sitting areas and a cool place to walk Fido. There are trash bins, water fountains, and benches.

Ben Avon

The Ben Avon neighborhood is the farthest eastern neighborhood in the city, with a mixture of homes and forests. It is also home to the Edwin M. Griffin Nature Preserve, a 118-acre area that is protected. The park offers sightseeing of natural wildlife and birds, over 5 miles of trail systems, and fishing along 1.5 miles of Lawson's Fork Creek. Dogs are always welcome in the preserve, and must be on a leash 10 feet or shorter, with access to benches and trash bins. The park connects to Cottonwood Trail, a dog-friendly loop trail that extends over 3 miles, and surfaced with dirt and crushed stone.