Wheatley Park
Managed by Orange County Parks & Recreation
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in South Apopka
Few parks or trails are on the map in South Apopka
6 acres are parks and preserves, 0.8 per 1,000 residents. 50% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross South Apopka, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns · #532 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
6 acres · of 2.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
6 ac
0.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
50%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.3 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
3
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does South Apopka have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, South Apopka is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns, #532 of 638 in Florida. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of South Apopka’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical FL town 3% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · FL 0.4 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land0.8 acres of park per 1,000 residents (6 acres) · FL 6 · U.S. 13DParks close to home50% of residents within a half mile of a park · FL 70% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 22%
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Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 17%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in South Apopka. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. 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.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
6 conserved acres
under 1% of South Apopka’s land. Who manages South Apopka’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city6 ac
Local Park · 6 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatley Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in South Apopka
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in South Apopka
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
3 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.3 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.3 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Basketball
1Beach volleyball
1Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in South Apopka
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 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 71 | 74 | 78 | 83 | 88 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 73 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
November is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 8.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in South Apopka →
Next door
South Apopka and its neighbors
South Apopka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Apopka | under 1% | 0.3 | 1 | 50% | C− |
| Apopka | 9% | 0.3 | 31 | 40% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in South Apopka
How much of South Apopka 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.
Are dogs allowed on South Apopka’s trails?
Wheatley Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in South Apopka?
0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near South Apopka?
27,958 acres of parks and open public land lie inside South Apopka or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does South Apopka have?
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #532 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 South Apopka 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 →