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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Whitfield

Whitfield has 4 acres of parks, 0.9 for every 1,000 residents

3.9 miles of mapped trail cross Whitfield, 2.8 per square mile of land. 80% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns · #340 of 638 in Florida. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
4 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
3.9 mi
2.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
4 ac
0.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
80%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.0 mi
1.0 mi lanes

What kind of outdoors town is Whitfield?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Whitfield have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Whitfield is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns, #340 of 638 in Florida. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Whitfield’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 47%
LessMore
Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 47%
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
Who protects it

4 conserved acres

under 1% of Whitfield’s land. Who manages Whitfield’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County3 ac
Local Park · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Mc Arthur Park
Local Park
County3Open
Biking & sports

1.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

1.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
Courts & fields
1Golf

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

History along the way

8 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Whitfield Estates-Broughton Street Historic DistrictBuilding · listed 1993
About it
John M. Beasley HouseBuilding · listed 1996
About it
Whitfield Estates Lantana Avenue Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1997
About it
Austin HouseBuilding · listed 1998
About it
Reid-Woods HouseBuilding · listed 2000
About it
Villa Serena ApartmentsBuilding · listed 2000
About it
Paul M. Souder HouseBuilding · listed 2000
About it
Stevens-Gilchrist HouseBuilding · listed 2001
About it
When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Whitfield

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)10.611.211.912.813.513.913.713.112.311.510.810.4
High (°F)727477828790929190857974
Rain (in)2.72.13.12.63.58.07.69.07.33.01.92.5

November is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 9.0 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Whitfield →

Next door

Whitfield and its neighbors

Whitfield has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Whitfieldunder 1%2.8180%B−
Bayshore Gardens1%0.7131%C

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Whitfield

How much of Whitfield 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 Whitfield?

1.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.0 of painted or protected lanes.

Is there public land near Whitfield?

6,115 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Whitfield or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Whitfield have?

Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #340 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 Whitfield neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →