Big Sandy Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Big Sandy
Big Sandy has 5 acres of parks, 3.7 for every 1,000 residents
72% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
5 ac
3.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
72%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Big Sandy have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Big Sandy is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Big Sandy’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land3.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (5 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13CParks close to home72% 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 13%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Big Sandy’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Big Sandy. 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 D 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
1 places to go in Big Sandy
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Big Sandy
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
1Football
1Basketball
1Softball
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Big Sandy
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 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 90 | 94 | 94 | 88 | 78 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
August is the driest month (2.8 in) and the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 4.8 inches fall in October, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Big Sandy →
Questions about parks and trails in Big Sandy
How much of Big Sandy 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 Big Sandy’s trails?
Big Sandy Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Big Sandy?
2,903 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Big Sandy or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Big Sandy have?
Ahead of 13% 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 Big Sandy 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 →