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South Carolina rankings · Outdoors Towns with the most trails in South Carolina Ranked by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. 83 towns with 2,500+ residents.
Ruby Not on this list Ruby has fewer than 2,500 residents, the floor for SC lists.
All 83 towns Trail miles per sq mi, highest first.
# Town Trail miles per sq mi Trail miles Parks & preserves
3
Columbia 139,643 people 2.8 mi / sq mi 400.4 mi 46
5
Newberry 10,790 people 1.8 mi / sq mi 16.9 mi 13
6
Aiken 32,521 people 1.8 mi / sq mi 40.0 mi 18
7
Fort Mill 30,775 people 1.8 mi / sq mi 35.1 mi 13
9
Red Hill 15,920 people 1.6 mi / sq mi 17.7 mi 0
12
Belvedere 5,180 people 1.2 mi / sq mi 4.1 mi 0
13
Hilltop 2,950 people 1.2 mi / sq mi 2.1 mi 2
18
Greenville 72,935 people 0.9 mi / sq mi 29.0 mi 47
28
Lakewood 3,544 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 5.5 mi 0
30
Lexington 24,585 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 8.8 mi 7
31
Easley 24,841 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 8.7 mi 9
32
Andrews 3,485 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 1.4 mi 0
33
Charleston 154,338 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 86.1 mi 78
36
Lugoff 9,786 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 14.2 mi 1
38
Sumter 43,053 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 20.3 mi 16
41
Cayce 13,741 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 10.3 mi 10
43
Anderson 30,051 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 8.9 mi 10
44
Greenwood 22,536 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 9.0 mi 5
45
Conway 27,263 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 15.2 mi 9
46
Clover 7,234 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 2.4 mi 4
47
Cheraw 4,960 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 2.9 mi 3
49
Seneca 8,993 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 3.8 mi 5
52
Laurens 9,336 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 4.1 mi 5
53
Taylors 24,505 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 4.0 mi 1
54
Clemson 18,072 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 3.2 mi 7
56
Barnwell 4,613 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 2.7 mi 6
57
Walhalla 4,157 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 1.3 mi 6
58
Florence 40,408 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 8.0 mi 11
59
Beaufort 13,747 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 8.2 mi 5
60
Bamberg 2,996 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 1.1 mi 2
61
Rock Hill 75,259 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 13.4 mi 20
63
Tega Cay 13,615 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 1.3 mi 11
64
Dillon 6,354 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 1.4 mi 1
65
Greer 41,536 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 6.5 mi 16
67
Camden 8,267 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 3.0 mi 15
71
Clinton 7,676 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 2.1 mi 9
73
Hanahan 21,452 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 1.9 mi 6
74
Gantt 15,401 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 1.6 mi 2
75
Red Bank 11,314 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 2.2 mi 3
78
Ladson 16,140 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 1.1 mi 3
80
Bluffton 33,157 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 7.7 mi 12
82
Williston 2,870 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 1.3 mi 1
83
Wyboo 3,639 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 1.3 mi 0
We rank every town by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. Paths, bridleways, woods roads and footways in parks count; sidewalks don't. Towns need at least a mile of trail to be ranked. Trails come from OpenStreetMap, so a well-mapped town can edge out an equally trail-rich one that's mapped less thoroughly. The town with the highest figure ranks #1.
Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Trails, streets and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Conserved land: USGS PAD-US . Measured within each town's Census boundary. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.
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