An Amusement Park Was Built And Left To Decay In The Middle Of Nowhere In South Carolina
In the middle of some of South Carolina’s most beautiful undeveloped land in the Piedmont is a little known abandoned park built in the mid-1920s for the employees and families of Springs Industries, and neighboring residents. It was called Springs Recreational Park and several generations of families enjoyed creating lifelong memories at the park which featured an enormous swimming pool, complete with Olympic pizazz.
Little information is available about Springs Park, but we do know it closed during the summer of 1989. Now, all that's left — besides concrete and decaying rubble — are those lasting memories of those who got to enjoy warm summer days at the park.
Reportedly, Springs Park was home to not only an Olympic pool, but also a skating rink, and a miniature golf course, among other cool activities designed for family fun.
When it closed at the end of the summer in 1989 (coincidentally about one month ahead of Hurricane Hugo making landfall), it was destined to never reopen again.
Do you recall spending time at Springs Park in the decades in which it was open? Do you wish we still had this wonderful family amusement park in South Carolina?
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Robin Jarvis is a travel writer and editor for OnlyInYourState.com with a bachelor's degree in Journalism. Her love for travel has taken her to many parts of the world. She's lived in the Carolinas for nearly three decades and currently resides in Charleston. When she's not working, she loves to cook with friends and check out new adventures. General questions and FAM tours: rjarvis@onlyinyourstate.com.
