Calhoun Falls State Park
Managed by State of South Carolina
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Calhoun Falls
22% of Calhoun Falls’ land is conserved: 491 acres
197 acres are parks and preserves, 96 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Calhoun Falls, 0.1 per square mile of land. 70% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
22%
491 acres · of 3.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
197 ac
96 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
70%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Calhoun Falls?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Calhoun Falls have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Calhoun Falls is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Calhoun Falls’ overall grade.
Conserved land22% of the land · typical SC town 1% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · SC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4CPark land96 acres of park per 1,000 residents (197 acres) · SC 6 · U.S. 13AParks close to home70% 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 74%
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Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Calhoun Falls’ 22% is ahead of 99% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 41% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Calhoun Falls. 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 B to A. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
491 conserved acres
22% of Calhoun Falls’ land. Who manages Calhoun Falls’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Army Corps of Engineers306 ac
State natural resources168 ac
County25 ac
Recreation Management Area · 306 acState Conservation Area · 168 acLocal Recreation Area · 25 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard B. Russell Recreation Area Recreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 306 | Open |
| Calhoun Falls Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 168 | Open |
| Abbeville County Open Space 1 Local Recreation Area | County | 25 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Calhoun Falls
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Calhoun Falls
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Boat launches in Calhoun Falls
1 boat launch without a name on the map.
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
1Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Calhoun Falls: 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 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 88 | 91 | 89 | 84 | 74 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
October is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 4.7 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Calhoun Falls →
Questions about parks and trails in Calhoun Falls
How much of Calhoun Falls is conserved land?
22% 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 Calhoun Falls’ trails?
Calhoun Falls State Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Calhoun Falls?
35,741 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Calhoun Falls or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 433 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Calhoun Falls have?
Ahead of 74% 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 Calhoun Falls 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 →