99% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Bayou Vista
2 acres are parks and preserves, 1.3 per 1,000 residents. 1% of Bayou Vista’s land is conserved, about 2 acres. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Bayou Vista, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Bayou Vista?
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How much outdoors does Bayou Vista have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bayou Vista is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds 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 Bayou Vista’s 1% is ahead of 37% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 56% of them.
Water is 29% of Bayou Vista’s area (0 of 0 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
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 conserved acres
1% of Bayou Vista’s land. Water is left out: Bayou Vista has 0.3 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Bayou Vista’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Vista City Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Mud 12 Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 1 | Open |
1 places to go in Bayou Vista
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
The best walking months in Bayou Vista: 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) | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 63 | 66 | 71 | 77 | 83 | 88 | 90 | 91 | 87 | 81 | 72 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 4.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and August the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 6.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bayou Vista →
Bayou Vista and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Bayou Vista
How much of Bayou Vista is conserved land?
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 Bayou Vista?
5,070 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bayou Vista or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Bayou Vista have?
Ahead of 42% 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 Bayou Vista 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 →