Few parks or trails are on the map in Glencoe
51 acres are parks and preserves, 36 per 1,000 residents. 89% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Glencoe.
Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Glencoe?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Glencoe have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Glencoe is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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8 conserved acres
under 1% of Glencoe’s land. Who manages Glencoe’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Central Regional Rail Trail State Recreation Area | County | 8 | Open |
0.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
The best walking months in Glencoe: April and May
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 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 70 | 72 | 76 | 81 | 86 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 88 | 83 | 77 | 72 |
| Rain (in) | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
December is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Glencoe →
Glencoe and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glencoe | under 1% | under 0.1 | 36 | 89% | C+ |
| New Smyrna Beach | 3% | 1.2 | 25 | 81% | A− |
| Edgewater | 1% | 0.6 | 5 | 72% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Glencoe
How much of Glencoe 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.
Where can I bike in Glencoe?
0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Glencoe?
27,121 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Glencoe or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 51 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Glencoe have?
Ahead of 42% 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 Glencoe neighbors.
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 →