The Greenville Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department currently maintains approximately 8 miles of paved multi-use recreational trails. With many of these trails being only three-season trails, you might wonder which trails can be used in the snowy months.
Our crews work hard to keep just over 4 miles of paved trail clear during the winter months. Using several different pieces of equipment including, brush and snow blower attachments on a Toolcat Bobcat and pickup trucks, it takes our staff about 4 hours to clear all of the trail systems after an average snowfall.
Trails that are maintained in the winter include trails at James Wunderlich Park, Elder Brook Park, along Parkview Drive, Lily of Valley and the entire length the CB Trail. The trail system connecting Jennerjohn Park to Community and Lions Parks is also kept clear. This section of trail also connects to the Greenville Middle School and the YMCA. You can see all of the maintained sections, as well as other winter recreation activities, here: https://bit.ly/2PjtauS
Remember, this work is in addition to maintaining all of the other winter recreation activities as well as their day to day operations. In some instances, our staff also assist with roadway plowing operations. This means that that it may take the full 72 hours after a snow event is over to have the trails cleared, so please be patient. We promise to do our best to get the trails plowed as soon as possible!
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