John Harley Park
Park
16 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Jackson
10% of Jackson’s land is conserved: 228 acres
38% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 23 acres are parks and preserves, 12 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
10%
228 acres · of 3.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
23 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
38%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Jackson?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Jackson have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Jackson is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Jackson’s overall grade.
Conserved land10% of the land · typical SC town 1% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · SC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land12 acres of park per 1,000 residents (23 acres) · SC 6 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home38% of residents within a half mile of a park · SC 52% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 35%
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Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Jackson’s 10% is ahead of 93% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Jackson. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
228 conserved acres
10% of Jackson’s land. Who manages Jackson’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits202 ac
Town or city20 ac
Department of Energy7 ac
Conservation Easement · 202 acLocal Recreation Area · 15 acFederal Other or Unknown · 7 acLocal Park · 4 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 202 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Ballpark Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 15 | Open |
| Savannah River Site Federal Other or Unknown | Department of Energy | 7 | Unknown |
| John R Harvey Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Jackson: 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) | 58 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 85 | 90 | 93 | 91 | 86 | 78 | 68 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.0 |
October is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 4.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Jackson →
Questions about parks and trails in Jackson
How much of Jackson is conserved land?
10% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Jackson’s trails?
John Harley Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Jackson?
1,118 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Jackson or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 23 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Jackson have?
Ahead of 35% 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 Jackson neighbors.
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Sources
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 →