Centennial Gardens
Park
13 acres0.6 mi of trail
Upper Gardens PathwayBridge Walk
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Floral Park
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Floral Park
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. The biggest trail networks: Centennial Gardens (0.6 mi). 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Floral Park, 0.6 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns · #440 of 758 in New York. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
25 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
28 ac
1.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Floral Park?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Floral Park have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Floral Park is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns, #440 of 758 in New York. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Floral Park’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land1.8 acres of park per 1,000 residents (28 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · NY 70% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 60%
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New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 42%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. 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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Centennial Gardens, with 0.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Floral Park Recreation Center
Managed by Incorporated Village of Floral Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Who protects it
25 conserved acres
3% of Floral Park’s land. Who manages Floral Park’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government13 ac
Town or city12 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 13 acLocal Park · 12 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Gardens Local Other or Unknown | Other or Unknown Local Government | 13 | Open |
| INC VILLAGE OF FLORAL PARK Land Local Park | Town or city | 12 | Unknown |
Things to do
4 places to go in Floral Park
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Floral Park
Tiny TownIn Floral Park Recreation Center
DirectionsPlus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
2 named trails
Named trails
Unpaved · 0.8 mi
Upper Gardens Pathway0.5 mi
Bridge Walk0.1 mi
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
7Baseball
4Tennis
2Volleyball
2Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Floral Park: April to September
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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 43 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 80 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 65 | 55 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
February is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.3 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Floral Park →
Next door
Floral Park and its neighbors
Floral Park has the second most mapped trails of the 7 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
New York496 miFloral Park0.9 miElmont0.2 miNew Hyde Park0.0 miNorth New Hyde Park0.0 miBellerose0.0 miStewart Manor0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floral Park | 3% | 0.6 | 2 | 99%+ | B |
| Elmont | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| New Hyde Park | 1% | under 0.1 | 1 | 99%+ | C |
| North New Hyde Park | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Bellerose | 1% | under 0.1 | 1 | 99%+ | C |
| Stewart Manor | 3% | under 0.1 | 1 | 99%+ | C+ |
| New York City | 26% | 1.6 | 5 | 99%+ | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Floral Park
Where can I hike in Floral Park?
The longest trail networks: Centennial Gardens, 0.6 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Floral Park is conserved land?
3% of its land, against a typical 5% for a New York town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Floral Park’s trails?
Centennial Gardens and Floral Park Recreation Center don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Floral Park?
24,754 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Floral Park or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 28 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Floral Park have?
Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #440 of 758 in New York. 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 Floral Park 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 →