Greer Post Office · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Taylors
36 acres are parks and preserves, 1.5 per 1,000 residents. 27% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4.0 miles of mapped trail cross Taylors, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns · #124 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it
How much outdoors does Taylors have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Taylors is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns, #124 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 Taylors’ under 1% is ahead of 26% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 68% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Corey Burns Park, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
25 conserved acres
under 1% of Taylors’ land. Who manages Taylors’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Burns Park Local Recreation Area | County | 25 | Open |
10 places to go in Taylors
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.
1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 named trail and 1 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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Taylors: April to June
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) | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 52 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 87 | 82 | 73 | 63 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
October is the driest month (3.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.8 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Taylors →
Taylors and its neighbors
Taylors has the second most mapped trails of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylors | under 1% | 0.4 | 1 | 27% | C− |
| Wade Hampton | 1% | 0.2 | 2 | 32% | C− |
| Greer | 1% | 0.3 | 4 | 50% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Taylors
Where can I hike in Taylors?
The longest trail networks: Corey Burns Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Taylors 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.
Are dogs allowed on Taylors’ trails?
Corey Burns Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Taylors?
3,642 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Taylors or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 36 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Taylors have?
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #124 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 Taylors 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 →