Photo: Djetelina at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Bacliff
5 acres are parks and preserves, 0.5 per 1,000 residents. 71% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Bacliff, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns · #512 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
How much outdoors does Bacliff have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bacliff is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns, #512 of 642 in Texas. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Bacliff’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 49% 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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1 conserved acres
under 1% of Bacliff’s land. Who manages Bacliff’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Private Park | Not recorded | 1 | Open |
6 places to go in Bacliff
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 picnic area without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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.
The best walking months in Bacliff: 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) | 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) | 62 | 65 | 70 | 76 | 82 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 87 | 80 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and August the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 6.0 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bacliff →
Bacliff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacliff | under 1% | 0.2 | under 1 | 71% | C− |
| Texas City | 13% | 0.3 | 19 | 84% | A− |
| League City | 3% | 0.4 | 8 | 72% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Bacliff
How much of Bacliff 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 Bacliff?
6,937 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bacliff or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bacliff have?
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #512 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 Bacliff 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 →