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Apollo Beach Nature Park
Park
59 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
Outdoors · Apollo Beach
Apollo Beach, FL parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Apollo Beach is conserved land, roughly 3,077 acres. There are about 24 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Apollo Beach, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Apollo Beach outdoors
Conserved land
22%
3,077 of 14,220 acres
Trails
24 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
92 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
31.0 mi
23.8 mi lanes · 4.6 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
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New Lakeside Park
Park
43 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Apollo Beach Recreation Center
Managed by Hillsborough County Florida Parks & Recreation Department
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Hourglass Park
Park
2 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Apollo Beach
Canoe/Kayak Launch
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 16.9 mi
- Tortoise Trek3.5 mi
Who protects the land
3,077 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes23.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball4
- Tennis2
- Pickleball2
- Baseball1
- Skate park1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Apollo Beach
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Other or Unknown 2,327 acState Conservation Area 814 acLocal Conservation Area 97 acPrivate Conservation 80 acLocal Park 23 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf BranchLocal Other or Unknown | Town or city | 1,230 | Open |
| Bullfrog Creek Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 814 | Restricted |
| Bullfrog Creek ScrubLocal Other or Unknown | Town or city | 615 | Open |
| Open SpaceLocal Other or Unknown | County | 265 | Open |
| E. G. Simmons ParkLocal Other or Unknown | Town or city | 257 | Open |
| Doyle Campbell Memorial ParkPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 80 | Closed |
| Apollo Beach Nature PreserveLocal Conservation Area | Town or city | 57 | Open |
| Apollo Beach Recreation CenterLocal Park | County | 20 | Open |
| Hourglass ParkLocal Park | Private owners | 2 | Open |
Nearby
Apollo Beach and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Beach | 21.6% | 24.4 mi | 5 |
| Ruskin | 10.1% | 5.4 mi | 3 |
| Gibsonton | 18.8% | 13.6 mi | 2 |
| Riverview | 12.9% | 33.8 mi | 14 |
| Sun City Center | 13% | 24.1 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Apollo Beach's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.