Greenway Trail
Buckwalter Place Shopping Center
Publix Store Trailhead
101 Buckwalter Place Blvd
Bluffton, SC 29910-5155
(843) 815-6430 (Publix)
(843) 706-4500 (Town of Bluffton)
Bluffton is located in southern Beaufort County near the coast of South Carolina. The town is one of the fastest growing municipalities in South Carolina and as of 2020 is the fifth-most populous municipality in the State. It is located around U.S. Route 278, between Hilton Head Island and Interstate 95. The Lowcountry town’s original one square mile area, now known as Old Town, is situated on a bluff along the May River.
The Greenway Trail is a path that circles Buckwalter Place which is a shopping complex near Bluffton, SC. The well maintained trail has a large entrance located near the back corner of the Publix shopping center and only a short distance from U.S. 278 in the town of Bluffton. The trail traverses a small pond and many strands of large pine. The buildings of the shopping complex are within site for most of the hike.
- click for a trip report from a day hike on the Greenway Trail: March 6, 2024 (password required)
- click for a trail map for the Buckwalter Place Greenway Trail (password required)
- click for a topo and profile map of this hike at the Buckwalter Place Shopping Center (password required)
- click for a master plan for the south Beaufort County trail system (password required)
- click for another hike on the Greenway Trail in June 2011
- click for a hike at the nearby Pickney Island National Wildlife Refuge in March 2024
- click for more hikes on Hilton Head Island at the Carolina Coastal Museum, Islander’s Beach, and Dolphin Head
- click for hikes at the Audubon Newhall Nature Preserve, Jarvis Creek Park and Whooping Crane Pond
- click to access the guidebook Best Hikes With Dogs Georgia And South Carolina for more hikes in this area
- click for South Carolina hiking and backpacking books
