Zubly Cemetery · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Beech Island
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Beech Island. 4 acres are parks and preserves, 2.4 per 1,000 residents. 67% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Beech Island?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Beech Island have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Beech Island is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Beech Island’s under 1% is ahead of 18% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 24% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
4 conserved acres
under 1% of Beech Island’s land. Who manages Beech Island’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spann Hammond Park Local Park | County | 2 | Open |
| Lollar Park Local Park | County | 1 | Open |
1 lakes & rivers
0.0 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.
4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Beech Island: 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) | 10.2 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 58 | 62 | 69 | 77 | 84 | 90 | 93 | 91 | 86 | 77 | 67 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
October is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 4.8 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Beech Island →
Beech Island and its neighbors
Beech Island 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Island | under 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 67% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Beech Island
How much of Beech Island 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.
Is there public land near Beech Island?
4,618 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Beech Island or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Beech Island have?
Ahead of 16% 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 Beech Island 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 →