Photo: Bernardgeorgeh · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Edmund
12% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2 acres are parks and preserves, 1.6 per 1,000 residents. 1.7 miles of mapped trail cross Edmund, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Edmund have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Edmund is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Edmund’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 58% 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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2 conserved acres
under 1% of Edmund’s land. Who manages Edmund’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Park and Community Center Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 2 | Open |
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.
The best walking months in Edmund: 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) | 57 | 61 | 68 | 77 | 84 | 89 | 92 | 90 | 85 | 76 | 66 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
November is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Edmund →
Questions about parks and trails in Edmund
How much of Edmund 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.
Is there public land near Edmund?
2,265 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Edmund or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Edmund have?
Ahead of 11% 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 Edmund 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 →