Denver Recreation Area
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
COutdoors
Outdoors in Northlake
46% of Northlake’s land is conserved: 1,198 acres
2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.5 per 1,000 residents. 9% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Northlake, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns · #92 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it
Conserved land
46%
1,198 acres · of 4.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
0.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
9%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.6 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Northlake?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Northlake have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Northlake is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns, #92 of 169 in South Carolina. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Northlake’s overall grade.
Conserved land46% of the land · typical SC town 1% · U.S. 4%A+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · SC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4CPark land0.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2 acres) · SC 6 · U.S. 13DParks close to home9% of residents within a half mile of a park · SC 52% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 29%
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South Carolina towns of 2,500+ (169)Ahead of 46%
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Northlake’s 46% is ahead of 100% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 33% of them.
Water is 20% of Northlake’s area (1 of 5 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 36%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Northlake. 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 D to C+. 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
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
1,198 conserved acres
46% of Northlake’s land. Water is left out: Northlake has 4.1 square miles of land and 1.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Northlake’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Army Corps of Engineers1,198 ac
Town or city22 ac
County2 ac
Recreation Management Area · 1,198 acLocal Park · 22 acLocal Recreation Area · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartwell Recreation Area Recreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 1,198 | Open |
| Darwin Wright Park Local Park | Town or city | 22 | Open |
| Hurrican Creek Boat Ramp Local Recreation Area | County | 2 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Northlake
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in Northlake
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Campgrounds in Northlake
Anderson Area Day Camp
DirectionsBiking & sports
0.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.6 mi
off-road bike paths
When to get out
The best walking months in Northlake: 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 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 83 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
October is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 4.6 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Northlake →
Next door
Northlake and its neighbors
Northlake 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northlake | 46% | 0.1 | 1 | 9% | C |
| Anderson | 4% | 0.5 | 10 | 60% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Northlake
How much of Northlake is conserved land?
46% 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 Northlake’s trails?
Denver Recreation Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Northlake?
0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Northlake?
6,574 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Northlake or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 488 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Northlake have?
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #92 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 Northlake 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 →