Downtown Greenville & Travelers Rest
Self-Guided Walking Tours

Walks Off Main: Gateways to History


It's easy to fall in love with Greenville and its surrounding towns. Our Main Streets will quickly cast their spell, as storefront after storefront invites you to discover what unique merchandise, services, artwork, and great food await. Though there's plenty to keep you occupied along each city's main artery, make no mistake—there are all kinds of surprises waiting just a short walk away. Put on that FitBit, Garmin, or Apple Watch and explore Main Street or some of the lesser-known gateways that will introduce you to even more of what our alluring cities offer. 

 


If you're in the need to take a load off, the Whistle Stop Cafe is the perfect place to kick up your feet and sink your teeth into some southern comfort after enjoying a day in Travelers Rest.

Main Street #2:
Downtown Travelers Rest

1.8 miles

On the Itinerary:

  1. History Museum of Travelers Rest
  2. Trailblazer Park
  3. The Postage Stamp Mural
  4. Spring Park Inn
  5. Charlie's Southern Rustiques
  6. Palmetto Proper Play Café & Gifts
  7. Whistle Stop at the American Café
  8. RetroMarketPlace
  9. Upcountry Provisions Bakery & Bistro
  10. TRee House Café & Studio
  11. Pink Mama's Ice Cream
  12. Swamp Rabbit Brewery & Taproom
  13. TR Makers Co.
  14. Tandem Crêperie & Coffeehouse
  15. Sunrift Adventures

     

View of a quaint historic home from the street. There is lots of green grass and hedges.

Greenville Gateway #1:
Due North

2.2 miles

On the Itinerary:

  1. Springwood Cemetery
  2. Trinity Lutheran Church
  3. American Legion War Museum
  4. Kilgore-Lewis House
  5. McPherson Park
  6. Heritage Historic District
  7. Liability Brewing Co. 
  8. Horizon Records
  9. NOMA Square

     

Aerial view of a stunning, colorful mural that features eight Greenvillians experiencing homelessness.

Greenville Gateway #2:
Head Out West

2.2 Miles

On the Itinerary:

  1. St. George Greek Orthodox Church
  2. Heritage Green
  3. The Cook's Station
  4. Canvas Mural
  5. Seen | Heard | Valued Mural
  6. Earle Towne House, F.W. Poe Home
  7. Whitehall
  8. Heritage Historic District
  9. NOMA Square
Mom and son looking at the Jet Memorial in Cleveland Park honoring a Cold War Casualty

Greenville Gateway #3:
Looking East

2.6 Miles

On the Itinerary:

  1. Artists Guild Gallery
  2. Maple Street Biscuit Co. 
  3. Christ Church Episcopal
  4. Pettigru Historic District
  5. You Got This Mural
  6. Cleveland Park 
  7. Greenville Zoo
  8. Cancer Survivors Park
  9. Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail

     

Visitors and residents of Greenville, SC play on the rocks and boulders in the Reedy River below the Liberty Bridge in Falls Park on the Reedy.

Greenville Gateway #4:
Southern Hideaways

1.6 Miles

On the Itinerary:

  1. Falls Park on the Reedy
  2. Early-1800s Grist Mill
  3. Lower Reedy River Falls
  4. Cancer Survivors Park
  5. Major Anderson, Jr. Memorial
  6. Rock Quarry Garden
  7. Greenville Zoo
  8. Grand Bohemian Lodge

GREENVILLE HISTORY TOURS


Prefer someone else to do the guiding? Try a walking or driving tour with local historian, John Nolan, who actually came up with the original four walking tours above. Author of A Guide to Historic Greenville, South Carolina, and American Palate's Lost Restaurants of Greenville, travel writers have featured Nolan's tours in publications ranging from the Boston Globe and the Chicago Tribune to the New York Post and National Geographic Traveler

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