Things to do in the Upstate and beyond

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Amusement parks

• Frankie’s Fun Park (Greenville)
• Dollywood (Pigeon Forge, TN)
• Carowinds (Charlotte, NC)
• Stone Mountain (Atlanta, GA)
• Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge, TN

Sports/activities

• Climb Upstate (Inman)
• Gravitopia (Greenville)
• YMCA (Greenville, Spartanburg)
• S. National Whitewater Center (Charlotte)
• Shipwreck Cove (Duncan)
• Otter Creek Water Park (Greenville)
• Gorge Zipline Canopy Tour (Saluda)
• Ed Brown Championship Rodeo (Blacksburg)
• Bar H Championship Rodeo & Country Festival (Boiling Springs, NC)

Festivals

• Spring Fling (Spartanburg)
• Greenville Scottish Games
• Movies in the Park (Spartanburg, Greer)
• Artisphere (Greenville)
• Spartanburg International Festival
• Boo in the Zoo (Greenville)
• Dickens of a Christmas (Spartanburg)
• Cowpens National Battlefield Celebration
• Greer Goes Global
• Chatauqua Festival (Greenville, Spartanburg)

Retail

• Monkey Joe (Greenville)
• Chuck E Cheese (Greenville, Spartanburg)
• Gatti’s (Greenville, Spartanburg)
• B&N (Greenville, Spartanburg)
• Fiction Addiction (Greenville)
• Bon Secours Wellness Arena (Greenville)

Educational

• Libraries
• Edventure (Columbia)
• Kid Senses (Rutherfordton, NC)
• Children’s Museum of the Upstate (Greenville)
• Lego Center (Atlanta, GA)
• Discovery Center (Charlotte, NC)
• Children’s Museum Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
• Roper Mountain Science Center (Greenville)

Parks/playgrounds

• Kids Planet (Greer)
• Lake Bowen (Inman)
• Greenville Zoo
• Val-du-Mar Park (Boiling Springs)
• Miracle Park (Boiling springs)

Outdoors/Nature

• Chimney Rock/Lake Lure (Chimney Rock, NC)
• Pisgah National Forest (Brevard, NC)
• Paris Mountain State Park (Greenville)
• Table Rock State Park (Pickens)
• Biltmore Estate (Asheville, NC)
• Congaree National Park (Hopkins)
• Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden (Belmont, NC)
• Conestee Park (Greenville)
• NC Arboretum (Asheville, NC)
• SC Botanical Garden (Clemson)
• Reedy River Falls Park (Greenville)
• Grandfather Mountain (Boone, NC)
• Croft State Park (Pauline)
• Hatcher Garden (Spartanburg)
• Cottonwood Trail (Spartanburg)
• DuPont National Park (Brevard, NC)

Arts/Crafts

• Hearts of Clay (Spartanburg)
• East Main Arts (Spartanburg)
• Greenville Little Theater
• Peace Center (Greenville)
• Music on Main (Thursdays in April – June, Spartanburg)
• SC Children’s Theatre (Greenville)

 Animals

• Greenville Zoo
• Hollywild Animal Park
• Riverbanks Zoo & Botanical Garden
• Atlanta Zoo
• NC Zoo
• NC Nature Center
• Aquarium Atlanta
• Aquarium Charleston

Seasonal

• Denver Downs
• Strawberry Hill
• Skating Rink
• Easter eggs
• Summer reading
• Renaissance Festival, Charlotte
• Christmas Lights at Roper Mountain
• Holiday Lights Safari at Hollywild
• Christmas parades

Museums/History

• Magnolia Plantation (Charleston)
• SC State Museum Columbia
• NC Museum of Transportation (Spencer, NC)
• Chapman Cultural Center (Spartanburg)
• Railroad museum (Spartanburg)
• Walnut Grove Plantation (Roebuck)
• Hagood Mill (Pickens)
• Latta Plantation (Charlotte)
• Upcountry History Museum (Greenville, SC)
• Schiele Museum (Gastonia, NC)