The Anne Springs Close Greenway is Springfield’s largest amenity, and membership is included with each home. Spanning 2,300 acres, the Greenway includes 18 miles of trails for walking and 14 miles of trails for cycling and horseback riding. The Greenway offers about 60 horses (mainly Tennessee Walking horses) or riding lessons and trail use. You can even board your horse at the Greenway's horse barn!
Steele and Sugar creeks and Lakes Crandall, Frances and Haigler offer fishing and campingalong their banks. Bring a blanket and a basket of food and enjoy a picnic on one of the many open spaces.
Nation Ford Trail, which was part of the Great Wagon Road that connected American settlers from Philadelphia to the South, runs along the perimeter of Springfield and connects to the Anne Springs Close Greenway.
A Gift from the Close Family
The eight children of Anne Springs Close and Bill Close gave the 2,300-acre Greenway to the community in 1995. The Dairy Barn, built in 1946, was renovated at the same time as an elegant event location for corporate gatherings, wedding receptions and holiday celebrations.
The Close family has moved some of the area’s oldest structures to new locations on the Greenway. A log cabin (circa 1800) and a 1780 hall and parlor log house are landmarks along the trails. You can also see the site of the original mill for which Fort Mill was named on the Greenway. |
