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Dunlawton Plantation-Sugar Mill RuinsDunlawton Plantation-Sugar Mill Ruins · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Port Orange

Port Orange has 21 miles of mapped trails, 0.8 for every square mile of land

The biggest trail networks: Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens (1.3 mi), Spruce Creek Road Park (1 mi), Buschman Park (0.9 mi). 9% of Port Orange’s land is conserved, about 1,533 acres. 1,427 acres are parks and preserves, 22 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns · #140 of 638 in Florida. What drives it

Conserved land
9%
1,533 acres · of 26.8 sq mi of land
Trails
21 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
1,427 ac
22 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
58%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
6.6 mi
6.0 mi lanes · 0.7 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
2
4 boat launches
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Port Orange have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Port Orange is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns, #140 of 638 in Florida. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Port Orange’s overall grade.
Conserved land9% of the land · typical FL town 3% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (21 mi) · FL 0.4 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land22 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1,427 acres) · FL 6 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home58% of residents within a half mile of a park · FL 70% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 74%
LessMore
Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 78%

Water is 7% of Port Orange’s area (2 of 29 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 8%.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A−. 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.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens, with 1.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens

Park
10 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto Sugar Mill Visitor Parking

Spruce Creek Road Park

Park
37 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Buschman Park

Park
41 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Riverwalk Park

Park
15 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

City Center Municipal Complex

Park
72 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Ken Bern Park

Park
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Central Park

Park
1 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the trail sign
All 11 parks & preserves
Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens10 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Directions
Spruce Creek Road Park37 acres · 1 mi of trail
Directions
Buschman Park41 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Directions
Riverwalk Park15 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Directions
City Center Municipal Complex72 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Directions
Ken Bern Park5 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Directions
Central Park1 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Directions
Memorial Park13 acres
Directions
Willow Run Park2 acres
Directions
Elmwood Community Park1 acres
Directions
Port Orange Depot Park1 acres
Who protects it

1,533 conserved acres

9% of Port Orange’s land. Water is left out: Port Orange has 26.8 square miles of land and 2.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Port Orange’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County879 ac
Town or city479 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits323 ac
Regional Water Districts23 ac
Joint16 ac
State Conservation Area · 869 acConservation Easement · 323 acLocal Park · 257 acLocal Recreation Area · 248 acWatershed Protection Area · 23 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 179 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Preserve
State Conservation Area
County869Open
Cypress Head Golf Course
Local Recreation Area
Town or city216Open
City Center Sports Complex
Local Recreation Area
Town or city52Open
Spruce Creek Recreation Facility
Local Park
Town or city35Open
Coraci Park
Local Park
Town or city35Open
Buschman Park
Local Park
Town or city32Open
Margaret Buschman Parcel
Watershed Protection Area
Regional Water Districts23Closed
Russel Property
Local Park
Joint16Open
Port Orange Ymca
Local Park
Town or city13Open
Memorial Park - Port Orange
Local Park
Town or city12Open

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

37 places to go in Port Orange

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Port Orange
Bizy BeaverHours: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00, Sa 09:00-13:00, Su 10:00-13:00
Directions
Halifax Health Treasure Cover Play AreaIn Central Park
Directions
Spruce Creek Road ParkIn Spruce Creek Road Park
Directions

Plus 23 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Spruce CreekSpruce Creek
Biking & sports

6.6 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

6.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.7 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
47Tennis
23Pickleball
21Basketball
17Baseball
11Soccer
4Football
2Softball
1Golf

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

5 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Dunlawton Plantation-Sugar Mill RuinsSite · listed 1973
About it
Gamble Place Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1993
About it
Dunlawton Avenue Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1998
About it
Grace Episcopal Church and Guild HallBuilding · listed 1998
About it
Port Orange Florida East Coast Railway Freight DepotBuilding · listed 1998
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Port Orange: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.511.111.912.813.614.013.813.212.311.410.710.3
High (°F)697276818690919088837672
Rain (in)2.92.53.32.53.47.36.77.17.14.52.72.4

December is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Port Orange →

Next door

Port Orange and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Daytona Beach59 miNew Smyrna Beach45 miPort Orange21 miPonce Inlet3.6 miSamsula-Spruce Creek3.3 miSouth Daytona1.1 miDaytona Beach Shores0.1 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Port Orange9%0.82258%B+
Samsula-Spruce Creek7%0.216861%B+
South Daytona3%0.3699%B
Daytona Beach Shores5%0.11299%+B+
Ponce Inlet6%0.86087%A
New Smyrna Beach3%1.22581%A−
Daytona Beach20%0.91573%A−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Port Orange

Where can I hike in Port Orange?

The longest trail networks: Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens, 1.3 miles; Spruce Creek Road Park, 1 miles; Buschman Park, 0.9 miles; Riverwalk Park, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Port Orange is conserved land?

9% 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 Port Orange’s trails?

Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens and Spruce Creek Road Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Port Orange?

6.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 6.0 of painted or protected lanes and 0.7 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Port Orange?

58,632 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Port Orange or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,427 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Port Orange have?

Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #140 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 Port Orange 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 →