Walter R Sturr Memorial Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0A−Outdoors
Outdoors in Florida
Florida has 170 acres of parks, 59 for every 1,000 residents
95% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 6% of Florida’s land is conserved, about 83 acres. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Florida, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 76% of U.S. towns · #288 of 758 in New York. What drives it
Conserved land
6%
83 acres · of 2.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
170 ac
59 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
95%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Florida?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Florida have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Florida is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns, #288 of 758 in New York. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
A−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Florida’s overall grade.
Conserved land6% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land59 acres of park per 1,000 residents (170 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home95% of residents within a half mile of a park · NY 70% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 76%
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New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 62%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Florida. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
83 conserved acres
6% of Florida’s land. Who manages Florida’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city85 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government1 ac
Local Park · 86 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village of Florida Land Local Park | Town or city | 81 | Unknown |
| Jfk Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Goshen Village Lands Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 1 | Open |
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
1Basketball
1Baseball
1Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Florida: April, May and July
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) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 35 | 38 | 47 | 60 | 70 | 79 | 83 | 81 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 40 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Florida →
Next door
Florida and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Florida
How much of Florida is conserved land?
6% 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 Florida’s trails?
Walter R Sturr Memorial Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Florida?
41,131 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Florida or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 170 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Florida have?
Ahead of 76% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #288 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 Florida 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 →