Few parks or trails are on the map in Arcola
2% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.2 miles of mapped trail cross Arcola, 0.5 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Arcola have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Arcola is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Arcola’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 69% of them.
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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2 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
April is the best month for walking in Arcola
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) | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 64 | 68 | 74 | 79 | 86 | 91 | 93 | 94 | 90 | 83 | 73 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and August the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Arcola →
Arcola and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcola | under 1% | 0.5 | under 1 | 2% | D |
| Sienna | 4% | 0.7 | 9 | 54% | B− |
| Fresno | under 1% | 0.1 | 1 | 81% | C− |
| Missouri City | 10% | 1.3 | 16 | 96% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Arcola
How much of Arcola 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.
Is there public land near Arcola?
7,220 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Arcola or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Arcola 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 Arcola 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 →