Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Mascotte
15% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 20 acres are parks and preserves, 2.5 per 1,000 residents. 2.4 miles of mapped trail cross Mascotte, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns · #575 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
How much outdoors does Mascotte have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mascotte is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns, #575 of 638 in Florida. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Water is 31% of Mascotte’s area (6 of 19 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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20 conserved acres
under 1% of Mascotte’s land. Water is left out: Mascotte has 13.4 square miles of land and 5.9 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Mascotte’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mascotte Recreational Complex Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 20 | Open |
5 places to go in Mascotte
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
April is the best month for walking in Mascotte
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) | 70 | 74 | 78 | 83 | 88 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 73 |
| Rain (in) | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
November is the driest month (1.9 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 Mascotte →
Mascotte and its neighbors
Mascotte 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mascotte | under 1% | 0.2 | 2 | 15% | D |
| Groveland | under 1% | 0.4 | 1 | 50% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Mascotte
How much of Mascotte 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 Mascotte?
49,136 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mascotte or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 20 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Mascotte have?
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #575 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 Mascotte neighbors.
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 →