Woodside Cotton Mill Village Historic District · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Wade Hampton
38 acres are parks and preserves, 1.8 per 1,000 residents. 32% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.4 miles of mapped trail cross Wade Hampton, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns · #133 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it
How much outdoors does Wade Hampton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wade Hampton is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns, #133 of 169 in South Carolina. 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 Wade Hampton’s 1% is ahead of 27% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 51% 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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Wellington Green Community Park
31 conserved acres
1% of Wade Hampton’s land. Who manages Wade Hampton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Creek Soccer Complex Local Recreation Area | County | 19 | Open |
| Butler Springs Park Local Recreation Area | County | 11 | Open |
| Pavilion Recreation Complex Local Recreation Area | County | 1 | Open |
19 places to go in Wade Hampton
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
17 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.
2 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Wade Hampton: 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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 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 Wade Hampton →
Wade Hampton and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Hampton | 1% | 0.2 | 2 | 32% | C− |
| Greenville | 4% | 0.9 | 7 | 78% | B |
| Taylors | under 1% | 0.4 | 1 | 27% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Wade Hampton
How much of Wade Hampton is conserved land?
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 Wade Hampton’s trails?
Butler Springs Park and Wellington Green Community Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Wade Hampton?
3,690 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wade Hampton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 38 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Wade Hampton have?
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #133 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 Wade Hampton 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 →