Appin (Boundary Increase) · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.019% of Bennettsville’s land is conserved: 763 acres
779 acres are parks and preserves, 100 per 1,000 residents. 73% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.5 miles of mapped trail cross Bennettsville, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 81% of U.S. towns · #7 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Bennettsville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Bennettsville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bennettsville is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns, #7 of 169 in South Carolina. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Bennettsville’s 19% is ahead of 99% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 58% of them.
Water is 9% of Bennettsville’s area (1 of 7 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 18%.
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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763 conserved acres
19% of Bennettsville’s land. Water is left out: Bennettsville has 6.2 square miles of land and 0.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Bennettsville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Paul Wallace State Recreation Area | State natural resources | 629 | Open |
| Lake Paul Wallace Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 101 | Open |
| Kidsland Fun Park Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Bennettsville Community Center Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Carroll Field Local Recreation Area | County | 5 | Open |
| Bennettsville Public Picnic Area Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Woodland Playground Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| McLeod Street Basketball Courts Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Smith Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| King Street Park and Playground Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
2 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
7 places to go in Bennettsville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 swimming spot without a name on the map.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 boat launch without a name on the map.
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.
5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Bennettsville: 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 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 59 | 67 | 76 | 83 | 89 | 92 | 90 | 84 | 75 | 65 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
April is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 4.9 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bennettsville →
Questions about parks and trails in Bennettsville
How much of Bennettsville is conserved land?
19% 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 Bennettsville?
2,162 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bennettsville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 779 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Bennettsville have?
Ahead of 81% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #7 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 Bennettsville 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 →