Photo: CZmarlin — Christopher Ziemnowicz, releases all rights but a photo credit would be appreciated if this image is used anywhere other than Wikipedia. Please leave a note at Wikipedia here. Thank you! · Public domainVirtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in South Palm Beach
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is South Palm Beach?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does South Palm Beach have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, South Palm Beach is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Water is more than half of South Palm Beach’s area (0 of 0 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
0.0 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.
April is the best month for walking in South Palm Beach
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 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.5 |
| High (°F) | 75 | 77 | 79 | 82 | 85 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 88 | 85 | 80 | 77 |
| Rain (in) | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 8.4 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 8.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in South Palm Beach →
South Palm Beach and its neighbors
South Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 99%+ | C− |
| Lantana | 6% | 0.1 | 6 | 99% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in South Palm Beach
How much of South Palm Beach 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.
Is there public land near South Palm Beach?
4,694 acres of parks and open public land lie inside South Palm Beach or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does South Palm Beach have?
Ahead of 19% 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 South Palm Beach 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 →