Outdoors · Plantation

Plantation, FL parks, trails & bike paths

About 4.3% of Plantation is conserved land, roughly 601 acres. There are about 26 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Plantation Central Park (2.9 mi), Volunteer Park (2.9 mi), and Heritage Park (2 mi).

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

At a glance

Plantation outdoors

Conserved land
4.3%
601 of 14,078 acres
Trails
26 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
38
6 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
31.2 mi
20.1 mi lanes · 11.1 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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Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Plantation Central Park

Park
102 acres2.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Volunteer Park

Park
79 acres2.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Heritage Park

Park
86 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Liberty Tree Park

Park
11 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5

Sunset Park

Park
37 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6

Seminole Park

Park
18 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7

Kennedy Park

Park
14 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8

Deicke Park

Park
11 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 38 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 38 parks & preserves
Plantation Central Park102 acres · 2.9 mi of trail
Volunteer Park79 acres · 2.9 mi of trail
Heritage Park86 acres · 2 mi of trail
Liberty Tree Park11 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Sunset Park37 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Seminole Park18 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Kennedy Park14 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Deicke Park11 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Jack Carter Harmony Park8 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Botanical Gardens6 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
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 Plantation
Big Dog AreaIn Happy Tails Dog Park
Directions
Medium Dog AreaIn Happy Tails Dog Park
Directions
Small Dog AreaIn Happy Tails Dog Park
Directions
Unnamed dog park
Directions
Who protects the land

601 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
541 ac
County
121 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
63 ac
Private owners
2 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 45 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes20.1 mi
  • Off-road bike paths11.1 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis94
  • Baseball37
  • Basketball20
  • Soccer20
  • Golf17
  • Pickleball13
  • Football8

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Plantation

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 597 acConservation Easement 97 acLocal Other or Unknown 33 acState Recreation Area 1 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Central ParkLocal ParkTown or city126Open
Plantation Heritage ParkLocal ParkCounty90Open
Plantation Preserve Linear ParkLocal ParkTown or city57Open
Plantation Volunteer ParkLocal ParkTown or city45Open
Sunset ParkLocal ParkTown or city37Open
Plantation Acres Equestrian CenterLocal ParkTown or city33Open
Volunteer Park AdditionLocal Other or UnknownTown or city33Open
Pine Island ParkLocal ParkTown or city25Open
Seminole ParkLocal ParkTown or city17Open
Plantation Acres North ParkLocal ParkTown or city14Open
Nearby

Plantation and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Plantation4.3%26.1 mi38
Lauderhill4%5.4 mi13
Sunrise8.6%32.1 mi18
Fort Lauderdale3.9%21.5 mi57
Davie7.8%41.7 mi36
Broadview Park3.1%0.4 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Plantation'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 20.1-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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