Withers Building · Photo: Jack Boucher · Public domainFew parks or trails are on the map in Lesslie
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Lesslie yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Behind most U.S. towns · #166 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it
How much outdoors does Lesslie have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lesslie is behind most U.S. towns, #166 of 169 in South Carolina. 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 Lesslie’s under 1% is ahead of 7% 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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9 places to go in Lesslie
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
9 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 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 Lesslie: 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 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 57 | 64 | 74 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 83 | 74 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
February is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 4.2 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lesslie →
Lesslie and its neighbors
Lesslie has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesslie | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
| Rock Hill | 2% | 0.3 | 7 | 49% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Lesslie
How much of Lesslie 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 Lesslie?
3,891 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lesslie or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lesslie have?
Behind most U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #166 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 Lesslie 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 →