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Running trails in Coral Springs, FL
Coral Springs has 14 trails in the directory — 2 paved and 1 on crushed gravel or dirt, 3 boardwalk, 1 loop that returns to the trailhead, 1 with a stated distance, and 8 shaded. 9 of them post opening hours, so you can check the gate before an early start. They're ranked here by rating weighted by review volume, across 5,482 Google reviews. Filter by surface, loop, distance, shade or lighting to get to the run you're actually planning — no made-up difficulty score, just the facts you'd check before driving out.
Cypress Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 1,634 reviews
City park known for its sports facilities, which include 5 ball fields, 4 soccer fields & a track.
Mullins Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 948 reviews
Clean and well-maintained park offering tennis and basketball courts, soccer fields, playgrounds and baseball diamonds.
Riverside Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 618 reviews
Waterside park with facilities for volleyball, basketball & roller hockey, plus picnic & play areas.
Tall Cypress Natural Area
4.6 ★★★★★ 429 reviews
66 acres of dense woods & swampland with an elevated boardwalk, interpretive signs & restrooms.
Three Mountains Natural Area
4.6 ★★★★★ 295 reviews
Peaceful, riverfront park with expansive, grassy lawns, a playground & scenic hilltop viewpoints.
Three Friends Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 217 reviews
Small hilltop park for hiking, with 360-degree water views, benches and a picnic area.
Orchid Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 211 reviews
Small, serene park with colorful flowers, grassy lawns & a pond, plus boardwalks & a picnic shelter.
Sherwood Forest Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 206 reviews
Park offering a wooded nature trail as well as picnic pavilions, athletic courts & a playground.
Turtle Run Park
4.3 ★★★★☆ 209 reviews
Park with baseball and soccer fields, and a playground.
Fern Glen Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 192 reviews
Relaxed, tree-shaded park featuring a basketball court and playgrounds for kids, plus a fitness area.
Sandy Ridge Sanctuary
4.4 ★★★★☆ 191 reviews
Nature preserve with a playground and picnic tables, plus a habitat for tropical wildlife.
Cypress Hammock Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 170 reviews
Park featuring a playground, splash pad, tennis courts, and pool.
Ralph Diaz Memorial Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 147 reviews
This 8-acre park has tree-lined walking & jogging trails with exercise stations & picnic tables.
Fran Reich Preserve
5 ★★★★★ 15 reviews
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How to pick a trail in Coral Springs
- Match the surface to your legs. Coral Springs gives you a choice: 3 boardwalk, 2 paved, and 1 crushed gravel. Asphalt and concrete are fast, predictable and runnable year-round but the least forgiving; crushed limestone and dirt take the sting out of high mileage; boardwalk is flat and scenic but slick in the wet. If your shins or knees are complaining, the fix that actually works is varying the surface you run on rather than chasing one "best" one. More boardwalk trails →
- Loop or out-and-back? 1 trail here is a loop, so you finish back at the car with no backtracking — the easiest way to run a set distance without thinking about it. On an out-and-back you turn round at half your target distance, which makes any trail fit any run. The longest stated distance in Coral Springs is Tall Cypress Natural Area at 0.4 mi.
- Check the hours before a 6am run. Plenty of trails sit inside parks that gate at dusk and don't unlock until well after sunrise, so a trail that's perfect at lunchtime can be locked at 6am. 9 of the 14 listings carry posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm.
- Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 5 have trailhead parking, 10 have restrooms, and 1 has a water fountain in Coral Springs. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
- The small things that decide it. 8 shaded, 1 with mile markers, 8 that runners describe as quiet, 3 dog-friendly, and 2 smooth and wide enough for a stroller or a wheelchair. Busy or quiet isn't a good-or-bad thing here: a busy path is the safer choice for a solo run at dawn, a quiet one is better for intervals.
More on all of this in the trail-running guides.
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