Lake Marion Creek Wildlife Management Area
Managed by South Florida Water Management District
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors in Loughman
10% of Loughman’s land is conserved: 223 acres
8 acres are parks and preserves, 1.1 per 1,000 residents. 11% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Loughman, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns · #492 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Conserved land
10%
223 acres · of 3.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
1.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
11%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.7 mi
1.7 mi lanes
What kind of outdoors town is Loughman?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Loughman have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Loughman is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns, #492 of 638 in Florida. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Loughman’s overall grade.
Conserved land10% of the land · typical FL town 3% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · FL 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land1.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (8 acres) · FL 6 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home11% 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 26%
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Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 23%
Water is 7% of Loughman’s area (0 of 4 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 9%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Loughman. 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 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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
223 conserved acres
10% of Loughman’s land. Water is left out: Loughman has 3.5 square miles of land and 0.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Loughman’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners212 ac
County8 ac
Regional Water Districts3 ac
Private Conservation · 212 acLocal Park · 8 acWatershed Protection Area · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reedy Creek Mitigation Bank Private Conservation | Private owners | 212 | Closed |
| Loughman Park Local Park | County | 8 | Open |
| Upper Lakes Basin Watershed Watershed Protection Area | Regional Water Districts | 3 | Closed |
Things to do
1 places to go in Loughman
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Loughman
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
1.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.7 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
Courts & fields
1Tennis
1Beach volleyball
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 Loughman
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 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| High (°F) | 72 | 75 | 79 | 84 | 89 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 90 | 85 | 79 | 74 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
November is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 8.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Loughman →
Questions about parks and trails in Loughman
How much of Loughman is conserved land?
10% 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 Loughman’s trails?
Lake Marion Creek Wildlife Management Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Loughman?
1.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.7 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near Loughman?
4,695 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Loughman or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Loughman have?
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #492 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 Loughman 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 →