Few parks or trails are on the map in Palm Shores
0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Palm Shores, 1.0 per square mile of land. 3 acres are parks and preserves, 1.8 per 1,000 residents. 68% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Palm Shores?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Palm Shores have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Palm Shores is ahead of 40% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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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3 conserved acres
1% of Palm Shores’ land. Who manages Palm Shores’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honeybrook Park Local Park | Private owners | 2 | Open |
| Shore Side Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
1 places to go in Palm Shores
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
The best walking months in Palm Shores: April and May
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) | 71 | 73 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 90 | 89 | 88 | 83 | 77 | 73 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 7.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Palm Shores →
Palm Shores and its neighbors
Palm 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 Shores | 1% | 1.0 | 2 | 68% | C+ |
| Melbourne | 8% | 1.1 | 9 | 58% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Palm Shores
How much of Palm Shores is conserved land?
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 Palm Shores?
4,915 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Palm Shores or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Palm Shores have?
Ahead of 40% 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 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 →