{"id":42209,"date":"2026-04-29T16:22:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/?p=42209"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:22:48","slug":"greenville-s-c-falls-park-makes-usa-todays-10-best-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/greenville-s-c-falls-park-makes-usa-todays-10-best-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenville, S.C. Falls Park makes USA Today&#8217;s &#8217;10 Best List&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_42213\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42213\" class=\"wp-image-42213 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2026\/04\/Falls-Park-with-bank-building-istock-e1777493839654.jpg\" alt=\"A waterfall in a downtown park with  Highrise buildings in the background. Falls Park\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-42213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Falls Park on the Reedy River in downtown Greenville, South Carolina. Photo: iStock.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The campus of Furman University has its own appeal for its location near the Blue Ridge Mountains, expertly landscaped grounds, Williamsburg-inspired buildings, an Italianate bell tower, an Asian garden and more. But just minutes from campus sits a city park with a full-on waterfall, pedestrian suspension bridge, public art and stunning landscape design. Falls Park on the Reedy River in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, takes the No. 8 spot in USA Today&#8217;s 10 Best Readers&#8217; Choice Awards for Best City Parks in the country. Learn more in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/story\/travel\/2026\/04\/15\/falls-park-greenville-sc-usa-today-10best-city-parks-ranking\/89611805007\/\">The Greenville News<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/best-city-park\/\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A subscription is required for viewing The Greenville News article. Furman ID holders can access the content through databases located at Furman University Libraries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beauty abounds on campus as well as in Furman&#8217;s hometown of Greenville, S.C., where Falls Park on the Reedy River claims the No. 8 spot in USA Today&#8217;s 10 Best City Parks in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":42210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,27,2262,2960],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news","category-student-life","category-the-greenville-news","category-usa-today"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42209"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42215,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42209\/revisions\/42215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}