Central Baseball Fields & Playgrounds
Managed by Town of Central
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Excel23 · CC BY-SA 4.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Central
Few parks or trails are on the map in Central
6 acres are parks and preserves, 1.2 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Central. 29% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns · #147 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
14 acres · of 5.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
6 ac
1.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
29%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.4 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Central?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Central have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Central is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns, #147 of 169 in South Carolina. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Central’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical SC town 1% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · SC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land1.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (6 acres) · SC 6 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home29% of residents within a half mile of a park · SC 52% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 9%
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South Carolina towns of 2,500+ (169)Ahead of 13%
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Central’s under 1% is ahead of 24% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 17% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Central. 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 still be D. 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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
14 conserved acres
under 1% of Central’s land. Who manages Central’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city10 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits3 ac
Local Park · 10 acConservation Easement · 3 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Unknonw Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Central
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Central
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Disc golf in Central
Central Disc Golf
DirectionsBiking & sports
0.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.4 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
7Tennis
4Baseball
3Basketball
1Softball
1Football
1Multi-sport
1Beach volleyball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 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.
When to get out
The best walking months in Central: 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) | 53 | 57 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 82 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
October is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.8 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Central →
Next door
Central and its neighbors
Central 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central | under 1% | under 0.1 | 1 | 29% | D |
| Clemson | 11% | 0.4 | 8 | 79% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Central
How much of Central 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.
Are dogs allowed on Central’s trails?
Central Baseball Fields & Playgrounds doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Central?
0.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Central?
14,125 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Central or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Central have?
Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #147 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 Central 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 →