Burkett Park
Park
20 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Archer City
Archer City has 20 acres of parks, 16 for every 1,000 residents
2.6 miles of mapped trail cross Archer City, 1.1 per square mile of land. 55% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 45% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 2.4 sq mi of land
Trails
2.6 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
20 ac
16 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
55%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Archer City?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Archer City have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Archer City is ahead of 45% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Archer City’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land16 acres of park per 1,000 residents (20 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13BParks close to home55% 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 45%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Archer City’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 90% of them.
Water is 6% of Archer City’s area (0 of 3 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
1 places to go in Archer City
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Archer City
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 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
1Baseball
1Softball
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 6 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
Archer County Courthouse and JailBuilding · listed 1977
About itWhen to get out
April is the best month for walking in Archer City
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 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 60 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 89 | 78 | 66 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
January is the driest month (1.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 4.1 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Archer City →
Questions about parks and trails in Archer City
How much of Archer City 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 Archer City’s trails?
Burkett Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Archer City?
19 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Archer City or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 20 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Archer City have?
Ahead of 45% 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 Archer City 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 →