Johnson Helm House · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in West Samoset
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in West Samoset yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Behind most U.S. towns · #634 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
How much outdoors does West Samoset have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, West Samoset is behind most U.S. towns, #634 of 638 in Florida. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
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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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 West Samoset
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 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| High (°F) | 72 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 87 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 79 | 74 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
November is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 9.1 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in West Samoset →
West Samoset and its neighbors
West Samoset 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Samoset | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
| Bradenton | 6% | 0.7 | 10 | 73% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in West Samoset
How much of West Samoset 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.
Is there public land near West Samoset?
7,772 acres of parks and open public land lie inside West Samoset or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does West Samoset have?
Behind most U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #634 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 West Samoset 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 →