Allison Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
COutdoors
Outdoors in Baxter Village
Baxter Village has 3 acres of parks, 0.7 for every 1,000 residents
1.3 miles of mapped trail cross Baxter Village, 0.9 per square mile of land. 64% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns · #95 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
1.3 mi
0.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
0.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
64%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
8.1 mi
8.1 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
2
What kind of outdoors town is Baxter Village?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Baxter Village have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Baxter Village is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns, #95 of 169 in South Carolina. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Baxter Village’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical SC town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · SC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land0.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (3 acres) · SC 6 · U.S. 13DParks close to home64% of residents within a half mile of a park · SC 52% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 29%
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South Carolina towns of 2,500+ (169)Ahead of 44%
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Baxter Village’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 88% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
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.
Things to do
9 places to go in Baxter Village
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Baxter Village
9 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 named trail and 2 lakes & rivers
Named trails
YMCA Trail0.3 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
8.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
8.1 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Tennis
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Baxter Village: 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) | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 57 | 64 | 74 | 81 | 87 | 91 | 89 | 83 | 74 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
October is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 4.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Baxter Village →
Next door
Baxter Village and its neighbors
Baxter Village has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Baxter Village
How much of Baxter Village 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.
Are dogs allowed on Baxter Village’s trails?
Allison Park and Shady Grove Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Baxter Village?
8.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 8.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Baxter Village?
4,260 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Baxter Village or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Baxter Village have?
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #95 of 169 in South Carolina. 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 Baxter Village 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 →