Upper Hillsborough Preserve
Nature preserve
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: State of Florida, photo by H. Means · Public domainDOutdoors
Outdoors in Crystal Springs
8% of Crystal Springs’ land is conserved: 289 acres
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Crystal Springs yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
8%
289 acres · of 5.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Crystal Springs have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Crystal Springs is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Crystal Springs’ overall grade.
Conserved land8% of the land · typical FL town 3% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · FL 0.4 · U.S. 0.4DPark land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · FL 6 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% of residents within a half mile of a park · FL 70% · U.S. 72%D−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 11%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Crystal Springs. 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
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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.
Who protects it
289 conserved acres
8% of Crystal Springs’ land. Who manages Crystal Springs’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Joint167 ac
Regional Water Districts122 ac
Conservation Easement · 167 acLocal Conservation Area · 122 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 167 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough River Corridor Local Conservation Area | Regional Water Districts | 119 | Restricted |
| Upper Hillsborough Local Conservation Area | Regional Water Districts | 3 | Restricted |
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Crystal Springs
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 | 78 | 83 | 88 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 78 | 73 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
November is the driest month (1.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 8.5 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Crystal Springs →
Questions about parks and trails in Crystal Springs
How much of Crystal Springs is conserved land?
8% 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 Crystal Springs’ trails?
Upper Hillsborough Preserve doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Crystal Springs?
38,173 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Crystal Springs or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Crystal Springs have?
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Crystal Springs 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 →