Anson City Park
Park
13 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Anson
Anson has 16 acres of parks, 6.2 for every 1,000 residents
The biggest trail networks: Anson City Park (0.5 mi). 82% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Anson, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns · #441 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 2.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
16 ac
6.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
82%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Anson?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Anson have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Anson is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns, #441 of 642 in Texas. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Anson’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land6.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (16 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13CParks close to home82% 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 28%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 31%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Anson’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 43% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Anson. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. 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
The longest trail network is Anson City Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
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
6Baseball
1Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 7 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
Jones County CourthouseBuilding · listed 2003
About itWhen to get out
April is the best month for walking in Anson
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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 61 | 70 | 79 | 86 | 92 | 96 | 95 | 88 | 78 | 67 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
January is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 3.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Anson →
Questions about parks and trails in Anson
Where can I hike in Anson?
The longest trail networks: Anson City Park, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Anson is conserved land?
under 1% 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 Anson’s trails?
Anson City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Anson?
26 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Anson or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 16 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Anson have?
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #441 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 Anson 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 →