Moses Creek Conservation Area
Managed by St. Johns River Water Management District
118 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in St. Augustine Shores
8% of St. Augustine Shores’ land is conserved: 234 acres
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross St. Augustine Shores. 81% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 95 acres are parks and preserves, 10 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns · #314 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Conserved land
8%
234 acres · of 4.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
95 ac
10 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
81%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is St. Augustine Shores?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does St. Augustine Shores have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, St. Augustine Shores is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns, #314 of 638 in Florida. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of St. Augustine Shores’ overall grade.
Conserved land8% of the land · typical FL town 3% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · FL 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land10 acres of park per 1,000 residents (95 acres) · FL 6 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home81% 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 50%
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Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 51%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in St. Augustine Shores. 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 B+. 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
234 conserved acres
8% of St. Augustine Shores’ land. Who manages St. Augustine Shores’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional Water Districts118 ac
County60 ac
State conservation56 ac
Local Conservation Area · 118 acLocal Other or Unknown · 60 acState Conservation Area · 56 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moses Creek Conservation Area Local Conservation Area | Regional Water Districts | 118 | Restricted |
| Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve State Conservation Area | State conservation | 56 | Restricted |
| Canopy Shores Park Local Other or Unknown | County | 36 | Open |
| Vaill Point Park Local Other or Unknown | County | 24 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in St. Augustine Shores
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in St. Augustine Shores
Vaill Point Launch
DirectionsBiking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
5Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Henry S. O'Brien EstateBuilding · listed 2024
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in St. Augustine Shores: 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) | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 66 | 69 | 73 | 79 | 84 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 87 | 81 | 74 | 69 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
November is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 7.6 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in St. Augustine Shores →
Questions about parks and trails in St. Augustine Shores
How much of St. Augustine Shores is conserved land?
8% 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 St. Augustine Shores’ trails?
Moses Creek Conservation Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near St. Augustine Shores?
14,718 acres of parks and open public land lie inside St. Augustine Shores or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 95 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does St. Augustine Shores have?
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #314 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 St. Augustine Shores 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 →