Few parks or trails are on the map in Hopkins
3% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Hopkins, 0.1 per square mile of land. 29 acres are parks and preserves, 15 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Hopkins?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Hopkins have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hopkins is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Hopkins’ 1% is ahead of 32% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 31% 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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67 conserved acres
1% of Hopkins’ land. Who manages Hopkins’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 38 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkins Park Local Park | County | 29 | Open |
4 places to go in Hopkins
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Hopkins: 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 | 69 | 77 | 84 | 90 | 93 | 91 | 86 | 77 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
November is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.0 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hopkins →
Questions about parks and trails in Hopkins
How much of Hopkins 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 Hopkins?
7,097 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hopkins or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 29 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Hopkins have?
Ahead of 18% 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 Hopkins 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 →