Outdoors · Palmetto

Palmetto, FL parks, trails & bike paths

About 4.6% of Palmetto is conserved land, roughly 171 acres. Palmetto has 8 named parks and preserves on the map.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Palmetto, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Palmetto outdoors

Conserved land
4.6%
171 of 3,731 acres
Trails
0.8 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
8
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.7 mi
0.7 mi lanes · 0.0 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

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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.
1

Blackstone Park

Park
34 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Palmetto Estuary Nature Preserve

Park
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Lincoln Community Park

Park
17 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Marther Luther King Jr Park

Park
5 acres
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.
Dog parks in Palmetto
Blackstone Large Dog ParkIn Blackstone Park
Directions
Trails

Named trails

  • 19th Street East0.1 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

171 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
94 ac
Town or city
84 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.7 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis24
  • Pickleball12
  • Baseball8
  • Basketball8
  • Soccer5
  • Football1
  • Skate park1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Palmetto

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 137 acLocal Conservation Area 41 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Palmetto Estuary Preservation ProjectLocal Conservation AreaTown or city34Open
Blackstone ParkLocal ParkCounty33Open
Fair GroundsLocal ParkCounty29Open
Lincoln Community ParkLocal ParkCounty20Open
Hidden Lake ParkLocal ParkTown or city15Open
Palmetto Youth CenterLocal ParkCounty9Open
Wayside ParkLocal Conservation AreaTown or city7Open
Marther Luther King Jr ParkLocal ParkTown or city6Open
Recreational TrailLocal ParkTown or city4Open
14Th Avenue ParkLocal ParkTown or city4Open
History

Historic places to visit

Palmetto CemetaryCemetery
Nearby

Palmetto and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Palmetto4.6%0.8 mi8
Memphis3.7%0.1 mi1
Ellenton1.2%0.4 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Palmetto'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.

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