Lake Findley Park
Managed by City of Alice
19 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Alice
13% of Alice’s land is conserved: 1,007 acres
1,010 acres are parks and preserves, 57 per 1,000 residents. 83% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.5 miles of mapped trail cross Alice, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 75% of U.S. towns · #91 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
13%
1,007 acres · of 12.0 sq mi of land
Trails
1.5 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
1,010 ac
57 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
83%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
3
What kind of outdoors town is Alice?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Alice have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Alice is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns, #91 of 642 in Texas. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Alice’s overall grade.
Conserved land13% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4CPark land57 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1,010 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home83% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 75%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 86%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Alice’s 13% is ahead of 93% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 32% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Anderson Park
Park
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Mary Garcia Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 6 parks & preserves
Lake Findley Park19 acres · City of Alice
Anderson Park14 acres
Mary Garcia Park8 acres
Veterans Plaza Park8 acres
DirectionsBuena Vista Park3 acres
Plaza del Fuente2 acres
Who protects it
1,007 conserved acres
13% of Alice’s land. Who manages Alice’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city2,002 ac
Conservation Easement · 836 acLocal Conservation Area · 706 acLocal Recreation Area · 170 acRecreation or Education Easement · 170 acLocal Park · 120 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 11 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Findley Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 706 | Open |
| Alice Municipal Golf Course Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 126 | Open |
| Lake Findley Park Local Park | Town or city | 89 | Open |
| West Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 21 | Open |
| P.S. Anderson Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 17 | Open |
| Mary Garcia Park Local Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
| Buena Vista Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Unnamed Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Gilbreath Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
4 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Trails & water
3 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
10Tennis
7Baseball
2Football
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Alice
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) | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| High (°F) | 68 | 73 | 79 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 96 | 98 | 92 | 86 | 77 | 70 |
| Rain (in) | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
February is the driest month (1.3 in) and August the warmest (highs of 98 °F). 4.3 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 98 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Alice →
Questions about parks and trails in Alice
How much of Alice is conserved land?
13% of its land, against a typical 2% for a Texas town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Alice’s trails?
Lake Findley Park and Anderson Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Alice?
1,000 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Alice or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,010 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Alice have?
Ahead of 75% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #91 of 642 in Texas. 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 Alice neighbors.
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Sources
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 →