Few parks or trails are on the map in Lake Secession
2 acres are parks and preserves, 1.4 per 1,000 residents. 15% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Lake Secession have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lake Secession is ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Lake Secession’s 1% is ahead of 32% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
Water is 21% of Lake Secession’s area (2 of 7 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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25 conserved acres
1% of Lake Secession’s land. Water is left out: Lake Secession has 5.8 square miles of land and 1.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Lake Secession’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard B. Russell Recreation Area Recreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 24 | Open |
| Lake Secession Boat Landing Local Recreation Area | County | 2 | Open |
2 places to go in Lake Secession
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
The best walking months in Lake Secession: 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) | 54 | 58 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 88 | 91 | 89 | 84 | 74 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
October is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 4.7 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lake Secession →
Questions about parks and trails in Lake Secession
How much of Lake Secession 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 Lake Secession?
14,364 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lake Secession or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 16 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lake Secession have?
Ahead of 7% 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 Lake Secession 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 →