Lower Neches Wildlife Area Old River Unit
Managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
295 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Port Arthur-Orange Bridge · Photo: Aren Cambre · CC BY-SA 2.5C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Bridge City
8% of Bridge City’s land is conserved: 323 acres
15 acres are parks and preserves, 1.5 per 1,000 residents. 18% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Bridge City, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns · #472 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
8%
323 acres · of 6.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
15 ac
1.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
18%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Bridge City have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bridge City is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns, #472 of 642 in Texas. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bridge City’s overall grade.
Conserved land8% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4CPark land1.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (15 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home18% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 24%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 27%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Bridge City’s 8% is ahead of 87% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 25% of them.
Water is 10% of Bridge City’s area (1 of 7 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 7%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Bridge City. 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.
Who protects it
323 conserved acres
8% of Bridge City’s land. Water is left out: Bridge City has 6.3 square miles of land and 0.7 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Bridge City’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife291 ac
Joint238 ac
Town or city26 ac
State Conservation Area · 291 acOther Easement · 238 acLocal Park · 13 acConservation Easement · 13 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 18 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Neches Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 291 | Restricted |
| Bridge City Park Local Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Bridge City
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Bridge City
Cardinal Park
DirectionsBiking & 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
5Baseball
4Tennis
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Bridge City: 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 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 66 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 81 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 5.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
February is the driest month (3.5 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bridge City →
Next door
Bridge City and its neighbors
Bridge City has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge City | 8% | 0.1 | 2 | 18% | C− |
| Orange | 10% | 0.5 | 19 | 71% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Bridge City
How much of Bridge City is conserved land?
8% 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 Bridge City’s trails?
Lower Neches Wildlife Area Old River Unit doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Bridge City?
2,450 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bridge City or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 15 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Bridge City have?
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #472 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 Bridge City 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 →