Wateree Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: User:Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Bladenboro
Bladenboro has 5 acres of parks, 2.1 for every 1,000 residents
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Bladenboro, 0.1 per square mile of land. 4% of Bladenboro’s land is conserved, about 58 acres. 58% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
58 acres · of 2.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
5 ac
2.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
58%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Bladenboro have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bladenboro is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bladenboro’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical NC town 3% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4CPark land2.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (5 acres) · NC 8 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home58% of residents within a half mile of a park · NC 51% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 30%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Bladenboro. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
58 conserved acres
4% of Bladenboro’s land. Who manages Bladenboro’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Not recorded62 ac
State Other or Unknown · 45 acLocal Other or Unknown · 17 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC Land and Water Fund Conservation Agreement State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 37 | Unknown |
| Town of Bladenboro Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 17 | Unknown |
| NC Hazard Mitigation Buyout Property - Bladenboro State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 8 | Unknown |
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
2Tennis
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Bladenboro: April and May
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 91 | 89 | 84 | 75 | 66 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
November is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 6.1 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bladenboro →
Questions about parks and trails in Bladenboro
How much of Bladenboro is conserved land?
4% of its land, against a typical 3% for a North Carolina town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Bladenboro’s trails?
Wateree Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Bladenboro?
5,104 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bladenboro or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bladenboro have?
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Bladenboro neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →