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Outdoors in Tropical Park

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Tropical Park

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Tropical Park, 1.6 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Woody Simpson Park (0.5 mi).

Ahead of 76% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
12 acres · of 0.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
1.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
12 ac
5.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Tropical Park?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Parks close to homeVirtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park.A trail town1.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 90% of U.S. towns.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Tropical Park have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tropical Park is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Tropical Park’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical FL town 3% · U.S. 4%B−Trails1.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · FL 0.4 · U.S. 0.4APark land5.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (12 acres) · FL 6 · U.S. 13CParks 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 76%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A. 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.

12
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Woody Simpson Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Woody Simpson Park

Park
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Pineview Park

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

12 conserved acres

3% of Tropical Park’s land. Who manages Tropical Park’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County12 ac
Local Park · 12 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Woody Simpson Park
Local Park
County10Open
Pineview Park
Local Park
County3Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Tropical Park

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Tropical Park

3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

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
2Basketball
2Tennis
1Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Tropical Park: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.511.211.912.813.513.913.813.112.311.410.710.3
High (°F)707376808487908988837773
Rain (in)2.92.43.02.53.47.76.36.77.44.52.42.2

December is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 7.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Tropical Park →

Questions about parks and trails in Tropical Park

Where can I hike in Tropical Park?

The longest trail networks: Woody Simpson Park, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Tropical Park is conserved land?

3% 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 Tropical Park’s trails?

Woody Simpson Park and Pineview Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Tropical Park?

7,566 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tropical Park or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Tropical Park have?

Ahead of 76% 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 Tropical Park 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 →