Belvedere has 24 acres of parks, 4.7 for every 1,000 residents
4.1 miles of mapped trail cross Belvedere, 1.2 per square mile of land. 84% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1% of Belvedere’s land is conserved, about 24 acres.
Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns · #44 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Belvedere?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Belvedere have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Belvedere is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns, #44 of 169 in South Carolina. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Belvedere’s 1% is ahead of 45% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 94% 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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24 conserved acres
1% of Belvedere’s land. Who manages Belvedere’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Wood Park Local Park | County | 9 | Open |
| Marshall Park Local Park | County | 7 | Open |
| Belvedere Dixie Youth Park Local Park | County | 5 | Open |
| Thomas Park Local Park | County | 3 | Open |
1 places to go in Belvedere
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.
0.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
The best walking months in Belvedere: 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) | 57 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 84 | 90 | 93 | 91 | 86 | 77 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
October is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 4.9 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Belvedere →
Questions about parks and trails in Belvedere
How much of Belvedere is conserved land?
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 Belvedere?
0.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Belvedere?
10,605 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Belvedere or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 24 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Belvedere have?
Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #44 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 Belvedere 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 →