Verandah has 9.5 miles of mapped trails, 4.5 for every square mile of land
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.5 per 1,000 residents. 40% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Verandah?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Verandah have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Verandah is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Water is 14% of Verandah’s area (0 of 2 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
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1 conserved acres
under 1% of Verandah’s land. Water is left out: Verandah has 2.1 square miles of land and 0.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Verandah’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange River Canoe Trail Local Recreation Area | County | 1 | Open |
1 places to go in Verandah
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
0.6 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 Verandah
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 | 78 | 81 | 85 | 89 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 90 | 87 | 81 | 77 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
November is the driest month (1.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 9.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Verandah →
Verandah and its neighbors
Verandah has the second most mapped trails of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verandah | under 1% | 4.5 | 1 | 40% | C |
| Buckingham | 18% | 1.1 | 362 | 92% | A+ |
| Fort Myers Shores | 1% | 0.1 | 3 | 92% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Verandah
How much of Verandah 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.
Where can I bike in Verandah?
0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Verandah?
16,057 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Verandah or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Verandah have?
Ahead of 34% 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 Verandah 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 →