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Outdoors in Howey-in-the-Hills

Few parks or trails are on the map in Howey-in-the-Hills

10 acres are parks and preserves, 4.5 per 1,000 residents. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Howey-in-the-Hills, 0.2 per square mile of land. 63% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
9 acres · of 3.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
10 ac
4.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
63%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Howey-in-the-Hills have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Howey-in-the-Hills is ahead of 27% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Howey-in-the-Hills’ overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical FL town 3% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · FL 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land4.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (10 acres) · FL 6 · U.S. 13CParks close to home63% of residents within a half mile of a park · FL 70% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 27%
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Water is 14% of Howey-in-the-Hills’ area (1 of 4 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 Howey-in-the-Hills. 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 C− 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
Who protects it

9 conserved acres

under 1% of Howey-in-the-Hills’ land. Water is left out: Howey-in-the-Hills has 3.2 square miles of land and 0.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Howey-in-the-Hills’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city9 ac
Local Park · 9 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Grifin Park
Local Park
Town or city9Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Howey-in-the-Hills

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Howey-in-the-Hills

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Howey HouseBuilding · listed 1983
About it
When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Howey-in-the-Hills

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.511.111.912.813.614.013.813.212.311.410.710.3
High (°F)717478838891929290847772
Rain (in)2.82.33.22.43.57.87.37.66.22.81.92.3

November is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 7.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Howey-in-the-Hills →

Next door

Howey-in-the-Hills and its neighbors

Howey-in-the-Hills has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Yalaha2.1 miHowey-in-the-Hills0.7 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Howey-in-the-Hillsunder 1%0.2563%C
Yalahaunder 1%0.4345%C−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Howey-in-the-Hills

How much of Howey-in-the-Hills 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.

Is there public land near Howey-in-the-Hills?

5,915 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Howey-in-the-Hills or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Howey-in-the-Hills have?

Ahead of 27% 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 Howey-in-the-Hills 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 →