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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Bishopville

Few parks or trails are on the map in Bishopville

95% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Bishopville, 0.1 per square mile of land. 18 acres are parks and preserves, 6.2 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns · #50 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it

Conserved land
4%
56 acres · of 2.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
18 ac
6.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
95%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Bishopville?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Bishopville have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bishopville is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns, #50 of 169 in South Carolina. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bishopville’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 50%
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South Carolina towns of 2,500+ (169)Ahead of 71%

Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Bishopville’s 4% is ahead of 76% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 46% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Bishopville. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B. 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
Who protects it

56 conserved acres

4% of Bishopville’s land. Who manages Bishopville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County42 ac
Town or city17 ac
Local Park · 56 acLocal Recreation Area · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
College Street Park
Local Park
County25Restricted
Chappell Park
Local Park
County13Restricted
M.M. Levy Park
Local Park
Town or city9Open
Old Grammar School Park
Local Park
Town or city5Open
Dennis High Memorial Park
Local Park
Town or city4Open
Bishopville Sports Complex
Local Recreation Area
County3Open
Things to do

4 places to go in Bishopville

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Bishopville

4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
4Baseball
4Basketball
4Tennis
1Football

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

11 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 5 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Lee County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1981
About it
James Carnes HouseBuilding · listed 1986
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Manor, TheBuilding · listed 1986
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Spencer HouseBuilding · listed 1986
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Thomas Fraser HouseBuilding · listed 1986
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William Rogers HouseBuilding · listed 1986
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Bishopville Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1986
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South Main Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1986
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Tall OaksBuilding · listed 1986
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William Apollos James HouseBuilding · listed 1999
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Dennis High SchoolBuilding · listed 2005
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When to get out

The best walking months in Bishopville: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.110.911.913.013.914.414.213.412.311.310.39.9
High (°F)566067768289929084766659
Rain (in)3.63.43.63.13.84.45.15.24.63.42.93.7

November is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.2 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bishopville →

Questions about parks and trails in Bishopville

How much of Bishopville is conserved land?

4% 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 Bishopville?

1,906 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bishopville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 18 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Bishopville have?

Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #50 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 Bishopville neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →