BRASA Park
Park
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge has 12 acres of parks, 11 for every 1,000 residents
90% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
12 ac
11 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
90%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Blue Ridge?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Blue Ridge have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Blue Ridge is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Blue Ridge’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 land11 acres of park per 1,000 residents (12 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home90% 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 23%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Blue Ridge’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 Blue Ridge. 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
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.
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
4Baseball
1Football
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 Blue Ridge
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 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 82 | 90 | 94 | 94 | 88 | 77 | 65 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
July is the driest month (2.4 in) and August the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 4.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Blue Ridge →
Next door
Blue Ridge and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge | under 1% | under 0.1 | 11 | 90% | C− |
| Anna | 1% | 0.1 | 7 | 55% | C |
| Farmersville | 9% | 0.7 | 53 | 73% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Blue Ridge
How much of Blue Ridge 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 Blue Ridge’s trails?
BRASA Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Blue Ridge?
10,304 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Blue Ridge or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Blue Ridge have?
Ahead of 23% 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 Blue Ridge 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 →