Few parks or trails are on the map in Fort Lawn
6 acres are parks and preserves, 4.0 per 1,000 residents. 67% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Fort Lawn have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fort Lawn is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Fort Lawn’s 1% is ahead of 30% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% 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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5 conserved acres
1% of Fort Lawn’s land. Who manages Fort Lawn’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Lawn Community Center Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 4 | Restricted |
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 Fort Lawn: 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) | 54 | 58 | 65 | 75 | 81 | 88 | 91 | 89 | 84 | 74 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
October is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 4.2 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fort Lawn →
Questions about parks and trails in Fort Lawn
How much of Fort Lawn is conserved land?
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 Fort Lawn?
2,878 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fort Lawn or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fort Lawn have?
Ahead of 16% 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 Fort Lawn 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 →