Sawyer Lake Park
Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
DOutdoors
Outdoors in Heathrow
Few parks or trails are on the map in Heathrow
10 acres are parks and preserves, 1.5 per 1,000 residents. 44% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 7% of U.S. towns · #611 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 2.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
10 ac
1.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
44%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.9 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
5
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Heathrow have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Heathrow is ahead of 7% of U.S. towns, #611 of 638 in Florida. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Heathrow’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical FL town 3% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · FL 0.4 · U.S. 0.4DPark land1.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (10 acres) · FL 6 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home44% 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 7%
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Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 4%
Water is 13% of Heathrow’s area (0 of 3 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 Heathrow. 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 D. 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
1 places to go in Heathrow
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Heathrow
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
5 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.9 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
15Tennis
1Basketball
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 Heathrow
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) | 71 | 74 | 78 | 83 | 88 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 89 | 84 | 78 | 73 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
November is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 8.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Heathrow →
Next door
Heathrow and its neighbors
Heathrow has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | under 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 44% | D |
| Lake Mary | 1% | 0.3 | 6 | 68% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Heathrow
How much of Heathrow 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 Heathrow’s trails?
Sawyer Lake Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Heathrow?
0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Heathrow?
62,128 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Heathrow or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Heathrow have?
Ahead of 7% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #611 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 Heathrow 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 →