Palmetto Armory · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Palmetto has 176 acres of parks, 13 for every 1,000 residents
87% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Palmetto, 0.1 per square mile of land. 5% of Palmetto’s land is conserved, about 171 acres.
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns · #257 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Palmetto?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Palmetto have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Palmetto is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns, #257 of 638 in Florida. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Water is 8% of Palmetto’s area (0 of 6 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 5%.
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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Lincoln Community Park
Marther Luther King Jr Park
All 8 parks & preserves
171 conserved acres
5% of Palmetto’s land. Water is left out: Palmetto has 5.4 square miles of land and 0.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Palmetto’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto Estuary Preservation Project Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 34 | Open |
| Blackstone Park Local Park | County | 33 | Open |
| Fair Grounds Local Park | County | 29 | Open |
| Lincoln Community Park Local Park | County | 20 | Open |
| Hidden Lake Park Local Park | Town or city | 15 | Open |
| Palmetto Youth Center Local Park | County | 9 | Open |
| Wayside Park Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Marther Luther King Jr Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Recreational Trail Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| 14Th Avenue Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
12 places to go in Palmetto
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
5 boat launches without a name on the map.
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
0.7 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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
April is the best month for walking in Palmetto
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 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| High (°F) | 71 | 74 | 77 | 82 | 87 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 78 | 74 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
November is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 9.1 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Palmetto →
Palmetto and its neighbors
Palmetto has the most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Palmetto
How much of Palmetto is conserved land?
5% 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 Palmetto’s trails?
Blackstone Park and Palmetto Estuary Nature Preserve don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Palmetto?
0.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near Palmetto?
7,952 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Palmetto or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 176 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Palmetto have?
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #257 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 Palmetto 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 →