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Firefighters Park
Park
12 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Margate
Margate, FL parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.4% of Margate is conserved land, roughly 141 acres. There are about 7.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Firefighters Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Margate, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Margate outdoors
Conserved land
2.4%
141 of 5,773 acres
Trails
7.9 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
2 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
11.8 mi
9.3 mi lanes · 2.5 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
Margate Sports Complex
Park
12 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Fern Forest Nature Center
Nature preserve
23 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Oriole Park
Park
16 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 13 parks & preserves
Firefighters Park12 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Margate Sports Complex12 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Andrews' Field10 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Vinson Park7 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Oriole Park16 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Centennial Park4 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Coral Gate Park4 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Kaye Stevens Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Veterans Memorial Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Fern Forest Nature Center23 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Margate
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Centennial Park
Unnamed playground in Firefighters Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Winfield Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Coral Gate Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
141 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 8 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 28 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes9.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis20
- Basketball15
- Baseball12
- Soccer11
- Tracks4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Margate
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 84 acLocal Recreation Area 39 acLocal Conservation Area 19 acConservation Easement 9 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fern Forest Nature CenterLocal Recreation Area | County | 25 | Open |
| Herman and Dorothy Shooster PreserveLocal Conservation Area | County | 19 | Open |
| Margate Sports Complex & ParkLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Firefighters ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Oriole Park/Margate MarinaLocal Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Shooster ParkLocal Park | County | 9 | Open |
| Vinson ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Holiday SpringsLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| David Park - MargateLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Coral Gate ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
Nearby
Margate and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margate | 2.4% | 7.9 mi | 13 |
| North Lauderdale | 2.5% | 1.8 mi | 7 |
| Coconut Creek | 12% | 12.1 mi | 21 |
| Coral Springs | 4.5% | 26.3 mi | 44 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Margate'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.