Buck's Upper Mill Farm · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainRed Hill has 18 miles of mapped trails, 1.6 for every square mile of land
14% of Red Hill’s land is conserved, about 986 acres. 11% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 46% of U.S. towns · #58 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Red Hill?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Red Hill have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Red Hill is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns, #58 of 169 in South Carolina. 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 Red Hill’s 14% is ahead of 96% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 95% 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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986 conserved acres
14% of Red Hill’s land. Who manages Red Hill’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 983 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 4 | Restricted |
3 places to go in Red Hill
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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 Red Hill: 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) | 58 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 84 | 76 | 68 | 61 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
April is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 6.4 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Red Hill →
Red Hill and its neighbors
Red Hill has the most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Red Hill
How much of Red Hill is conserved land?
14% 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 Red Hill?
11,406 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Red Hill or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 513 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Red Hill have?
Ahead of 46% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #58 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 Red Hill 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 →