City Point Community Church · Photo: Fl295 at English Wikipedia · Public domainSharpes has 5 acres of parks, 1.9 for every 1,000 residents
2.1 miles of mapped trail cross Sharpes, 0.9 per square mile of land. 60% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns · #436 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Sharpes?
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How much outdoors does Sharpes have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sharpes is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns, #436 of 638 in Florida. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Water is more than half of Sharpes’ area (3 of 6 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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6 conserved acres
under 1% of Sharpes’ land. Water is left out: Sharpes has 2.4 square miles of land and 3.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Sharpes’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Park Local Park | County | 6 | Open |
1 places to go in Sharpes
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 named trails
8.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Sharpes: 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 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 70 | 73 | 76 | 80 | 85 | 88 | 90 | 89 | 88 | 83 | 77 | 73 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
December is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 7.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Sharpes →
Sharpes and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpes | under 1% | 0.9 | 2 | 60% | C |
| Cocoa | 2% | 0.6 | 8 | 79% | B− |
| North Merritt Island | 20% | 1.1 | 233 | 68% | A |
| Port St. John | 7% | 0.2 | 1 | 51% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Sharpes
How much of Sharpes 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.
Where can I bike in Sharpes?
8.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 8.2 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near Sharpes?
8,675 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sharpes or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Sharpes have?
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #436 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 Sharpes 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 →