Few parks or trails are on the map in Murphys Estates
1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Murphys Estates, 0.9 per square mile of land. 6% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Murphys Estates?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Murphys Estates have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Murphys Estates is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Murphys Estates’ under 1% is ahead of 7% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 87% 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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The best walking months in Murphys Estates: 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 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 89 | 92 | 90 | 85 | 76 | 66 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
October is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 4.8 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Murphys Estates →
Questions about parks and trails in Murphys Estates
How much of Murphys Estates 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 Murphys Estates?
16,951 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Murphys Estates or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Murphys Estates have?
Ahead of 14% 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 Murphys Estates 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 →