Bleak Hall Plantation Outbuildings · Photo: Race2Beach - Sara Dean · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Seabrook Island
0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Seabrook Island, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 5% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Seabrook Island have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Seabrook Island is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Seabrook Island’s under 1% is ahead of 24% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 26% of them.
Water is 16% of Seabrook Island’s area (1 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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14 conserved acres
under 1% of Seabrook Island’s land. Water is left out: Seabrook Island has 5.9 square miles of land and 1.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Seabrook Island’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 14 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
4 places to go in Seabrook Island
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Plus 2 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 public pool without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1.1 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 Seabrook Island: 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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 63 | 69 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 90 | 89 | 85 | 78 | 69 | 62 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
November is the driest month (2.7 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 Seabrook Island →
Seabrook Island and its neighbors
Seabrook Island 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seabrook Island | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Kiawah Island | 2% | 1.3 | 12 | 39% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Seabrook Island
How much of Seabrook Island 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.
Where can I bike in Seabrook Island?
1.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Seabrook Island?
6,843 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Seabrook Island or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Seabrook Island have?
Ahead of 5% 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 Seabrook Island 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 →