Parks are open. Playgrounds and shelters will reopen on July 1, 2020. Shelter reservations can be made online beginning July 1. 

Information on Extension can be found HERE. 

Located along the South River in downtown Waynesboro

Open sunrise to sunset

The South River Greenway runs for 1.2 miles along the South River from the Loth Springs Parking area on Arch Avenue, behind the YMCA, to the Port Republic neighborhood. Parking at this end is available at the Shiloh Baptist Church auxiliary parking lot right at the trail head.  There is also parking available downtown at the Arch Avenue Parking Lot and the Invista lot. 

These first phases of the project represent the considerable effort and dedication of citizens and city staff to achieve the greater goal of connecting the South River to downtown and multiple city parks while providing additional recreational and economic development opportunities. 

Phase 1, a .88 mile section from Loth Springs to the Dominion Shelter was completed in 2011 using a combination of city funding and Federal Transportation Enhancement Grants. The first part of phase 2, a roughly .3 of a mile section, was completed in the spring of 2017 and added the connection to the Port Republic neighborhood. 

The second part of phase 2, connecting Constitution Park to North Park, is currently under development, and future phases plan to extend the Greenway to Ridgeview Park, Basic Park, and eventually a series of trails connecting to the Crozet Tunnel from the future Sunset Park, the city's old landfill.