Photo: Upstateherd · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Edgefield
98 acres are parks and preserves, 25 per 1,000 residents. 78% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Edgefield, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns · #41 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it
How much outdoors does Edgefield have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Edgefield is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns, #41 of 169 in South Carolina. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Edgefield’s 4% is ahead of 74% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 42% 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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99 conserved acres
4% of Edgefield’s land. Who manages Edgefield’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slade Lake Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 50 | Open |
| Edgefield Park Local Park | Town or city | 21 | Open |
| Edgefield Soccer Field Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 19 | Open |
| Baseball Complex Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 15 | Open |
| Addison Street Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Ten Governors Rail Trail Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Plum Street Basketball Court Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 1 | Open |
3 lakes & rivers
0.8 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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Edgefield: 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 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 60 | 67 | 76 | 83 | 89 | 92 | 90 | 85 | 76 | 66 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
October is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Edgefield →
Questions about parks and trails in Edgefield
How much of Edgefield 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.
Where can I bike in Edgefield?
0.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.8 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Edgefield?
16,207 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Edgefield or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 98 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Edgefield have?
Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #41 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 Edgefield 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 →