Plan a Visit
General Info
Hours: Sunrise to Sunset daily
FREE Admission: $3 per person suggested donation
Conestee Nature Preserve is owned and operated by a nonprofit. Donations go directly to the Preserve and its programs.
Join Friends of the Preserve! You'll cover your admission donation for the year, enjoy great perks, and support CNP!
Mobile Guide
Try our mobile guide! Be sure to enable location services. Features include an interactive map to show your location and inspire new destinations, fun on the trail, news on what's happening, ways to get involved, links to our store and more! Content is updated often so check back in! Best viewed on a mobile device.
Plan Your Route
With its diverse habitats and varied trails, we offer many opportunities for discovery. Our trail guide has broad descriptions of our routes so you can plan the perfect visit. Trails range from flat, paved surfaces suitable for all mobility levels, to steep natural paths. Your trip can be tailored to match any experience you seek.
Entrances and Parking
This 640-acre Nature Preserve has five entrances, so your first decision is where to start your exploration!
Guidelines for Visiting
The "DUH" List
It should go without saying, but please don’t do these things in our heavily trafficked, privately owned Nature Preserve: feed wildlife, hunt, play amplified music, drive a motorized vehicle, fly a drone, consume alcohol, camp, or carry a weapon.
Group Visits (10+ Visitors)
We want to be sure your visit does not conflict with other happenings at the Preserve. If you are planning to walk the Preserve with a large group, please register in advance by sending an email to info@consteepreserve.org. If you are planning a picnic, party, or meeting, please see our venue rentals page.
Bikes
Outside of the Brushy Creek Tract where our Mountain Bike Trails are found, bikes are allowed only on our paved trails.
No Fishing
Legacy Contamination
In the distant past, Lake Conestee was a receptacle for Greenville’s industrial waste. While that waste poses no risk to normal users of the Preserve, it does necessitate the prohibition of fishing, boating, and swimming.
Dogs
We welcome leashed dogs on all of our trails! Please clean up after your dogs.
Photographers
Please take as many photos as you’d like of the natural beauty at CNP! If, however, you are a professional photographer having a session at Conestee, please contact us to coordinate and to confirm there aren't other planned uses in the area. And we love it when photographers share their work with us!!
Fishing of any kind is prohibited in our Preserve.
Highlights and Features
Trail Closures and Repairs
We have completely reopened the boardwalk on the yellow route near West Bay Observation Deck (WBOD), but the boardwalk on the green route near the Reedy River entrance is still closed due to flood damage. See this map for details.
One bridge on the Gray Trail (a portion of the Swamp Rabbit Trail) on the Brushy Creek Tract is currently closed.
Want the latest information on trail closures while you’re in the Preserve? In addition to following Conestee Nature Preserve on Facebook and Instagram for announcements and signing up for the monthly Newsletter, the Interactive Map on our Mobile Guide is the best way to get all the information you need! (Best viewed on a phone.) Be sure to allow it to use your current location.
Flat Tail Fund
Just like Conestee’s beavers, staff is relentless in maintaining the trails, decks, and boardwalks you enjoy in the Preserve, even when floodwaters rise, trees fall, or other damage occurs. But your help is needed! With your monthly support through Flat Tail Fund, the Trails Team can always be ready “when the dam breaks!"