Few parks or trails are on the map in Arial
10% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Arial, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Arial have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Arial is ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Arial’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 46% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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2 places to go in Arial
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2.9 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Arial: April to June
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 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 52 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 87 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
October is the driest month (3.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.3 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Arial →
Arial and its neighbors
Arial has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arial | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | 10% | D |
| Easley | 2% | 0.7 | 7 | 49% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Arial
How much of Arial is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 1% for a South Carolina town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Where can I bike in Arial?
2.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Arial?
1,794 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Arial or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Arial have?
Ahead of 7% 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 Arial neighbors.
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 →