Taft Park
Managed by Orange County Parks & Recreation
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY 4.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Taft
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Taft
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 3 acres are parks and preserves, 1.0 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Taft, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns · #416 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
2 acres · of 1.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
1.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Taft?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Taft have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Taft is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns, #416 of 638 in Florida. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Taft’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical FL town 3% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · FL 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land1.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (3 acres) · FL 6 · U.S. 13DParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · FL 70% · U.S. 72%A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 36%
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Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 35%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Taft. 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
2 conserved acres
under 1% of Taft’s land. Who manages Taft’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County2 ac
Local Park · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taft Ball Field Local Park | County | 2 | Open |
| Taft Park Local Park | County | 1 | Open |
Biking & 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
1Baseball
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 Taft
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) | 72 | 75 | 79 | 83 | 88 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 90 | 85 | 78 | 74 |
| Rain (in) | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
November is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 8.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Taft →
Next door
Taft and its neighbors
Taft 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taft | under 1% | 0.2 | 1 | 99%+ | C+ |
| Orlando | 6% | 0.4 | 11 | 88% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Taft
How much of Taft 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 Taft’s trails?
Taft Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Taft?
5,767 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Taft or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Taft have?
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #416 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 Taft 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 →