Twelve Mile Swamp Conservation Area
Nature preserve
898 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
BOutdoors
Outdoors in World Golf Village
16% of World Golf Village’s land is conserved: 2,703 acres
28% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 11 miles of mapped trail cross World Golf Village, 0.4 per square mile of land. 334 acres are parks and preserves, 13 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns · #259 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Conserved land
16%
2,703 acres · of 27.0 sq mi of land
Trails
11 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
334 ac
13 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
28%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
20 mi
14 mi lanes · 5.9 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is World Golf Village?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does World Golf Village have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, World Golf Village is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns, #259 of 638 in Florida. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of World Golf Village’s overall grade.
Conserved land16% of the land · typical FL town 3% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (11 mi) · FL 0.4 · U.S. 0.4BPark land13 acres of park per 1,000 residents (334 acres) · FL 6 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home28% of residents within a half mile of a park · FL 70% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 57%
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Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 59%
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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Turnbull Creek Regional Mitigation Area
Nature preserve
616 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Saint Johns County Conservation Area
Nature preserve
331 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Neighborhood Park at World Golf Village
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it
2,703 conserved acres
16% of World Golf Village’s land. Who manages World Golf Village’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional Water Districts2,702 ac
County945 ac
Unknown Easement · 1,805 acLocal Conservation Area · 1,228 acMitigation Land or Bank · 615 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 860 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve Mile Swamp Conservation Area Local Conservation Area | Regional Water Districts | 898 | Restricted |
| Turnbull Creek Regional Mitigation Area Mitigation Land or Bank | County | 615 | Open |
| St. Johns County Conservation Area Local Conservation Area | County | 331 | Open |
Things to do
25 places to go in World Golf Village
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in World Golf Village
2 public pools without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Playgrounds in World Golf Village
20 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks in World Golf Village
3 dog parks without a name on the map.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
20 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
14 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
5.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
31Golf
15Tennis
14Basketball
10Pickleball
10Soccer
8Baseball
4Tracks
3Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in World Golf Village: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 67 | 69 | 74 | 80 | 85 | 89 | 91 | 90 | 87 | 81 | 74 | 69 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
November is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.3 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in World Golf Village →
Questions about parks and trails in World Golf Village
How much of World Golf Village is conserved land?
16% 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 World Golf Village’s trails?
Twelve Mile Swamp Conservation Area and Turnbull Creek Regional Mitigation Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in World Golf Village?
20 miles of bike routes are on the map: 14 of painted or protected lanes and 5.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near World Golf Village?
8,399 acres of parks and open public land lie inside World Golf Village or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 334 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does World Golf Village have?
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #259 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 World Golf Village 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 →