Few parks or trails are on the map in Patterson Tract
8% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Patterson Tract, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Patterson Tract have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Patterson Tract is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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The best walking months in Patterson Tract: April and May
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 63 | 69 | 75 | 84 | 92 | 98 | 97 | 92 | 80 | 67 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 98 °F). 2.0 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 98 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Patterson Tract →
Patterson Tract and its neighbors
Patterson Tract has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson Tract | under 1% | 0.4 | under 1 | 8% | D |
| Visalia | 4% | 0.4 | 6 | 93% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Patterson Tract
How much of Patterson Tract is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 4% for a California town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Patterson Tract?
2,392 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Patterson Tract or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Patterson Tract have?
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Patterson Tract neighbors.
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →