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Anderson Sports & Entertainment Complex
Park
124 acres6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Anderson
Anderson, SC parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.1% of Anderson is conserved land, roughly 435 acres. There are about 8.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Anderson Sports & Entertainment Complex (6 mi) and Anderson Recreation Complex (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Anderson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Anderson outdoors
Conserved land
4.1%
435 of 10,554 acres
Trails
8.9 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
14 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.8 mi
1.1 mi lanes · 2.7 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Anderson Recreation Complex
Park
22 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Linley Park
Park
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Southwood Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
Anderson Sports & Entertainment Complex124 acres · 6 mi of trail
Anderson Recreation Complex22 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Carolina Wren Park1 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Linley Park13 acres
Southwood Park7 acres
Cater Lake Park7 acres
Abney Mills Park4 acres
Brookview Park3 acres
Market St Park3 acres
American Legion Memorial Athletic Field1 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Dog parks in Anderson
TBA Dog Park
Trails
Named trails
- Bluff Trail0.3 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
435 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 61 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis19
- Baseball15
- Pickleball8
- Soccer5
- Football2
- Volleyball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Anderson
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Recreation Area 196 acLocal Park 113 acLocal Historic or Cultural Area 65 acConservation Easement 61 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Sports and Entertainment CenterLocal Recreation Area | County | 134 | Open |
| Whitehall ParkLocal Park | County | 71 | Open |
| Silver Brook CemeteryLocal Historic or Cultural Area | Town or city | 43 | Open |
| Westview CemeteryLocal Historic or Cultural Area | Town or city | 22 | Open |
| Anderson Memorial StadiumLocal Recreation Area | County | 21 | Open |
| City of Anderson Recreation CenterLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| Westside Community CenterLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 15 | Open |
| D. B. Walker ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Linley ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Cater Lake ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Abney MillsRuins
Anderson Downtown Historic DistrictDistrict
Anderson First Presbyterian CemeteryCemetery
Byrum-LeBoon Family CemeteryCemetery
Concord Baptist CemeteryCemetery
Le Boon CemeteryCemetery
New Silver Brook CemeteryCemetery
Orrville CemeteryCemetery
Silver Brook CemeteryCemetery
Westview CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Anderson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 4.1% | 8.9 mi | 10 |
| Northlake | 36.2% | 0.3 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Anderson's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.