Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Holly Hill
6 acres are parks and preserves, 5.2 per 1,000 residents. 64% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Holly Hill have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Holly Hill is ahead of 17% 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 Holly Hill’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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7 conserved acres
1% of Holly Hill’s land. Who manages Holly Hill’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmore Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Holly Hill: 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) | 10.2 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 59 | 63 | 70 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 93 | 91 | 86 | 78 | 68 | 61 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
November is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.7 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Holly Hill →
Questions about parks and trails in Holly Hill
How much of Holly Hill 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 Holly Hill?
45 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Holly Hill or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Holly Hill have?
Ahead of 17% 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 Holly Hill 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 →