Anyone ride at the Piedmont Medical Trail in Riverwalk in Rock Hill, SC?

I live near there and I'm always looking for an excuse to get out on it.

I just got a bunch of goodies for Christmas I'm anxious to try out this weekend, so yeah hopefully it doesn't rain too much. I tried to head out on Monday and 500' in it was soupy as hell so had to turn around.

I ride it all the time and have been trying to keep it draining well. The bulldozers are starting to roll through part of it (just after the cedar bridge) so I need to talk to the developer to find out if it still makes sense to try to salvage that part of the trail.   

I say ride it while it's still there.

I ride it 3 or 4 times a week, but I've never seen any issues with the bulldozers coming on the trail. I may just not be on the right section for that though. I ride the black trail that comes up past the old Carhartt place.

TechCNC wrote on 01/22/16 at 11:40pm:


Uhg, you ruined my mood for the weekend.  I'm surprised as Riverwalk is such a pro-bike community.  At least now I don't feel bad about parking in the new residential area and taking the "back" entrance into the trails to avoid the greenway.

I hated that mile.  The wasted time it added to my ride plus having to deal with walkers who don't know what to do when you say "on your left."  Not their fault, I'm just used to MUT with more experienced pedestrians.

The easiest way to find it is by bike.  When you take the entrance on the access road off the greenway, don't take the left into the trails.  Go straight and you will find a drainage pond.  Take a right around that and you will hit a construction silt fence.  Follow that to the right and you will find the new construction.

To find it by car, go towards the BMX track.  After you pass the dog park, on your left will be a "New Phase"--there's a big sign.  Go into the new phase.  Take your first right.  On your right there is one house then a long stretch of no houses, and then house again.  In that stretch, there are some berms.  Ride over those berms, veer to the left find the silt fence, follow that to the left to the irrigation pond, follow that around, and you will find the access road.

Its hard to park as the streets are narrow and there is a lot of construction vehicles.  Unlike them, I try to find an actual parking space.

Nuke wrote on 01/23/16 at 2:18pm:


Awesome, thanks for that. I'm on Dunkins Ferry so I'm on that trail all the time. Still haven't ridden all of it though. I'm hoping I can get out again when the bike comes back from the shop.

Just rode Riverwalk...the last "big" climb that went up past where the deer-stand used to be & the ensuing downhill to the creek are gone diddly gone.  That whole section was the crown jewel of the trail & it will be sorely missed.  Hopefully the developers will not be taking anymore trail.
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Rode Riverwalk yesterday...no additional trail loss.  Conditions were excellent, trail mileage is now 6mi.  Still worth the drive for me since its so close.

The Poplar Tent trail closed a while back.  I'm not sure when exactly but someone else can surely chime in on that.