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Outdoors in Keystone Heights

Keystone Heights has 26 acres of parks, 16 for every 1,000 residents

84% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Keystone Heights, 0.1 per square mile of land. 2% of Keystone Heights’ land is conserved, about 15 acres.

Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
15 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
26 ac
16 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
84%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.2 mi
1.2 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Keystone Heights?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Keystone Heights have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Keystone Heights is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Keystone Heights’ overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 48%
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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.

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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.

McDavid Park

Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Keystone Beach

Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Sesentenil Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

15 conserved acres

2% of Keystone Heights’ land. Who manages Keystone Heights’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city15 ac
Local Park · 15 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Keystone Heights Recreation Park
Local Park
Town or city6Open
Keystone Beach Park
Local Park
Town or city5Open
Keystone Heights Nature Park And Farmers Market
Local Park
Town or city3Open
Azalea Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Keystone Heights

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

Playgrounds in Keystone Heights
Geneva JungleIn Keystone Beach
Directions
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

1.2 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

1.2 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
5Tennis
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 Keystone Heights

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)10.411.111.912.913.614.013.913.212.311.410.610.2
High (°F)687176828891929188827570
Rain (in)3.42.93.52.93.57.76.87.36.23.52.13.0

November is the driest month (2.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 7.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Keystone Heights →

Questions about parks and trails in Keystone Heights

How much of Keystone Heights 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 Keystone Heights’ trails?

McDavid Park and Keystone Beach don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Keystone Heights?

1.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.2 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Keystone Heights?

10,074 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Keystone Heights or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 26 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Keystone Heights have?

Ahead of 48% 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 Keystone Heights neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →