Van Wyck Community Center
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
North Carolina-South Carolina Cornerstone · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Van Wyck
Few parks or trails are on the map in Van Wyck
19% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Van Wyck, 0.1 per square mile of land. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 7.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 10.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
7.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
19%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
5
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Van Wyck have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Van Wyck is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Van Wyck’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical SC town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · SC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4CPark land7.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (7 acres) · SC 6 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home19% of residents within a half mile of a park · SC 52% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 12%
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Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Van Wyck’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 31% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Van Wyck. 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.
Andrew Jackson State Park
Managed by South Carolina State Parks
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Trails & water
5 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
1Baseball
1Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Van Wyck: 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 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 58 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 88 | 91 | 89 | 84 | 74 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
February is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 4.2 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Van Wyck →
Questions about parks and trails in Van Wyck
How much of Van Wyck 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 Van Wyck’s trails?
Van Wyck Community Center and Andrew Jackson State Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Van Wyck?
4,770 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Van Wyck or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Van Wyck have?
Ahead of 12% 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 Van Wyck 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 →