Hialeah Park Race Track
Park
199 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Phillip Pessar · CC BY 2.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Hialeah
Hialeah has 445 acres of parks, 2.0 for every 1,000 residents
93% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Hialeah, 0.1 per square mile of land. 2% of Hialeah’s land is conserved, about 239 acres.
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns · #440 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
239 acres · of 21.6 sq mi of land
Trails
1.8 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
445 ac
2.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
93%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.6 mi lanes · 0.3 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
4
What kind of outdoors town is Hialeah?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Hialeah have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hialeah is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns, #440 of 638 in Florida. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hialeah’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical FL town 3% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · FL 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land2.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (445 acres) · FL 6 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home93% of residents within a half mile of a park · FL 70% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 33%
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Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 31%
Among the 400 U.S. cities of 100,000 or more, Hialeah ranks #389 on Outdoors.
Water is 5% of Hialeah’s area (1 of 23 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
Park acres per resident are where Hialeah trails most U.S. towns: 2.0 per 1,000 against 12.6 typical, since 230,968 people share 445 acres.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. 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
The longest trail network is Hialeah Park Race Track, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Goodlet Park
Park
24 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Russell Bucky Dent Park
Park
19 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
McDonald Park
Park
17 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 22 parks & preserves
Hialeah Park Race Track199 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
DirectionsMcDonald Park17 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Goodlet Park24 acres
Russell Bucky Dent Park19 acres
Benny Babcock Park17 acres
Carl F. Slade Park17 acres
Milander Park16 acres
Sports Complex12 acres
Sparks Park10 acres
Filer Park10 acres
Walker Park10 acres
Timothy Artman Park9 acres
Graham Park6 acres
Wilde Park6 acres
City of Hialeah Garden of the Arts5 acres
O'Quinn Park5 acres
Bright Park4 acres
Cotson Park3 acres
Southeast Park2 acres
Ken Mattingly Park2 acres
Hialeah Drive Park1 acres
Triangle Park1 acres
DirectionsWho protects it
239 conserved acres
2% of Hialeah’s land. Water is left out: Hialeah has 21.6 square miles of land and 1.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Hialeah’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city236 ac
Local Park · 235 acLocal Recreation Area · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodlet Park Local Park | Town or city | 26 | Open |
| Hialeah - Miami Lakes Park Local Park | Town or city | 20 | Open |
| Bucky Dent Water Park Local Park | Town or city | 18 | Open |
| Milander Park Local Park | Town or city | 18 | Open |
| Benny Babcock Park & Pool Local Park | Town or city | 18 | Open |
| Carl F. Slade Park Local Park | Town or city | 17 | Open |
| Mcdonald Park Local Park | Town or city | 17 | Open |
| Hialeah Junior High School Park Local Park | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Filer Jr. High Park Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Sparks Park Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Things to do
6 places to go in Hialeah
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Hialeah
6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
4 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.
0.6 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.3 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
32Basketball
21Tennis
12Baseball
3Soccer
2Football
2Beach volleyball
2Pickleball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Hialeah
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) | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.5 |
| High (°F) | 77 | 79 | 81 | 84 | 87 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 90 | 87 | 82 | 78 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 9.4 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
January is the driest month (2.2 in) and August the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 9.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hialeah →
Next door
Hialeah and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Miami Springs3.5 miWest Little River1.9 miHialeah1.8 miMiami Lakes1.8 miHialeah Gardens1.4 miOpa-locka1.3 miBrownsville0.8 miWestview0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hialeah | 2% | 0.1 | 2 | 93% | C |
| Miami Lakes | 3% | 0.3 | 4 | 99%+ | B |
| Hialeah Gardens | 1% | 0.4 | 1 | 84% | C+ |
| Miami Springs | 12% | 1.2 | 15 | 93% | A |
| Brownsville | 3% | 0.4 | 3 | 99%+ | B |
| Westview | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 51% | D |
| West Little River | 2% | 0.4 | 1 | 75% | C+ |
| Opa-locka | 5% | 0.3 | 9 | 69% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Hialeah
Where can I hike in Hialeah?
The longest trail networks: Hialeah Park Race Track, 0.4 miles; McDonald Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Hialeah is conserved land?
2% 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 Hialeah’s trails?
Hialeah Park Race Track and Goodlet Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Hialeah?
0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of painted or protected lanes and 0.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Hialeah?
14,936 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hialeah or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 445 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Hialeah have?
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #440 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 Hialeah 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 →