Calusa Trace Park
Managed by Hillsborough County
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Cheval
Cheval has 6.4 miles of mapped trails, 1.1 for every square mile of land
5 acres are parks and preserves, 0.3 per 1,000 residents. 36% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns · #527 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 6.0 sq mi of land
Trails
6.4 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
5 ac
0.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
36%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
5.2 mi
3.5 mi lanes
Lakes & rivers
2
What kind of outdoors town is Cheval?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Cheval have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cheval is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns, #527 of 638 in Florida. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Cheval’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical FL town 3% · U.S. 4%DTrails1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (6 mi) · FL 0.4 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land0.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (5 acres) · FL 6 · U.S. 13DParks close to home36% of residents within a half mile of a park · FL 70% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 23%
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Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 17%
Water is 12% of Cheval’s area (1 of 7 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Cheval. 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.
Things to do
3 places to go in Cheval
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Cheval
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
2 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
5.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
3.5 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
1.8 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
4Tennis
2Basketball
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Cheval
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) | 10.5 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| High (°F) | 71 | 74 | 77 | 82 | 87 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 89 | 85 | 78 | 73 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
November is the driest month (1.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 9.2 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cheval →
Next door
Cheval and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Cheval
How much of Cheval is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 3% for a Florida town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Cheval’s trails?
Calusa Trace Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Cheval?
5.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 3.5 of painted or protected lanes and 1.8 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Cheval?
33,416 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cheval or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Cheval have?
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #527 of 638 in Florida. 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 Cheval 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 →