Few parks or trails are on the map in Homeland Park
4 acres are parks and preserves, 0.6 per 1,000 residents. 27% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Homeland Park, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns · #139 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it
How much outdoors does Homeland Park have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Homeland Park is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns, #139 of 169 in South Carolina. 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 Homeland Park’s under 1% is ahead of 16% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 45% 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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4 conserved acres
under 1% of Homeland Park’s land. Who manages Homeland Park’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Park Local Park | County | 4 | Open |
3 places to go in Homeland Park
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 lakes & rivers
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 Homeland Park: 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 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 83 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
October is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 4.7 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Homeland Park →
Questions about parks and trails in Homeland Park
How much of Homeland Park 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 Homeland Park?
4,883 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Homeland Park or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Homeland Park have?
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #139 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 Homeland Park 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 →