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Julia Lester Dillon Park
Park
91 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Sumter
Sumter, SC parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.4% of Sumter is conserved land, roughly 1,573 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Julia Lester Dillon Park (1.8 mi), Palmetto Park (1.3 mi), and Swan Lake Iris Gardens (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sumter, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sumter outdoors
Conserved land
7.4%
1,573 of 21,309 acres
Trails
20 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
16
37 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.9 mi
0.7 mi lanes · 4.2 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
Palmetto Park
Park
34 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Swan Lake Iris Gardens
Park
35 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Patriot Park Sports Complex
Park
90 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Swan Lake Bland Garden
Park
19 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Sumter Veterans' Park
Park
7 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 16 parks & preserves
- Air Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- South Sycamore Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Elm Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Elder Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Little League Park15 ac
- Birnie Center8 ac
- Memorial Park6 ac
- Sycamore Park1 ac
- North Sycamore Park1 ac · Directions
- Swan Lake Playground1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,573 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 935 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 39 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis33
- Baseball32
- Soccer13
- Football4
- Pickleball4
- Basketball4
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Sumter and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sumter'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 31.8-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.