Photo: Don Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.06% of Palm Beach Shores’ land is conserved, and virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Palm Beach Shores, 3.8 per square mile of land. 6% of Palm Beach Shores’ land is conserved, about 11 acres.
Ahead of 90% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Palm Beach Shores?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Palm Beach Shores have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Palm Beach Shores is ahead of 90% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Water is 44% of Palm Beach Shores’ area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 3%.
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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11 conserved acres
6% of Palm Beach Shores’ land. Water is left out: Palm Beach Shores has 0.3 square miles of land and 0.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Palm Beach Shores’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inlet Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Pb Shores Municipal Beach Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
0.5 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
April is the best month for walking in Palm Beach Shores
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) | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.5 |
| High (°F) | 75 | 76 | 79 | 82 | 85 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 88 | 85 | 80 | 77 |
| Rain (in) | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 8.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Palm Beach Shores →
Palm Beach Shores and its neighbors
Palm Beach Shores 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach Shores | 6% | 3.8 | 11 | 99%+ | A |
| Riviera Beach | 2% | 0.4 | 3 | 85% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Palm Beach Shores
How much of Palm Beach Shores is conserved land?
6% 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.
Where can I bike in Palm Beach Shores?
0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near Palm Beach Shores?
20,960 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Palm Beach Shores or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 14 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Palm Beach Shores have?
Ahead of 90% 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 Palm Beach Shores 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 →