Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Weeki Wachee Gardens
18% of Weeki Wachee Gardens’ land is conserved, about 145 acres. 42% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Weeki Wachee Gardens, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Weeki Wachee Gardens?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Weeki Wachee Gardens have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Weeki Wachee Gardens is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Water is 11% of Weeki Wachee Gardens’ area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 16%.
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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145 conserved acres
18% of Weeki Wachee Gardens’ land. Water is left out: Weeki Wachee Gardens has 1.3 square miles of land and 0.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Weeki Wachee Gardens’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekiwachee Preserve Local Conservation Area | Regional Water Districts | 145 | Restricted |
10 places to go in Weeki Wachee Gardens
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
9 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 lakes & rivers
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 Weeki Wachee Gardens
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 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 69 | 72 | 76 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 91 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 77 | 71 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
November is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 8.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Weeki Wachee Gardens →
Questions about parks and trails in Weeki Wachee Gardens
How much of Weeki Wachee Gardens is conserved land?
18% 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 Weeki Wachee Gardens?
1,684 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Weeki Wachee Gardens or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Weeki Wachee Gardens have?
Ahead of 35% 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 Weeki Wachee Gardens 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 →