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G.T. Bray Park
Park
144 acres2.6 mi of trail
26th Avenue West
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bradenton
Bradenton, FL parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.9% of Bradenton is conserved land, roughly 549 acres. There are about 5.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in G.T. Bray Park (2.6 mi), Perico Preserve (1.3 mi), and Neal Preserve (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bradenton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bradenton outdoors
Conserved land
4.9%
549 of 11,183 acres
Trails
5.8 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
10 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
14.2 mi
10.7 mi lanes · 3.5 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.
2
Perico Preserve
Nature preserve
162 acres1.3 mi of trail
Perico Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Neal Preserve
Nature preserve
97 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Neal Preserve parking
4
Norma Lloyd Park
Park
19 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 9 parks & preserves
G.T. Bray Park144 acres · 2.6 mi of trail
Perico Preserve162 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Neal Preserve97 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Norma Lloyd Park19 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Bradenton Riverwalk12 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Lewis Park5 acres
Steve Plath Park2 acres
28th Street Park1 acres
Manatee Mineral Springs Park1 acres
Who protects the land
549 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes10.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis48
- Pickleball26
- Baseball15
- Basketball13
- Soccer8
- Softball4
- Skate park2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Bradenton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradenton | 4.9% | 5.8 mi | 9 |
| West Bradenton | 0.7% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
| Ellenton | 1.2% | 0.4 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bradenton'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 25-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.