Few parks or trails are on the map in Central Gardens
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Central Gardens yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Behind most U.S. towns · #631 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
How much outdoors does Central Gardens have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Central Gardens is behind most U.S. towns, #631 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Central Gardens’ under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% 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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The best walking months in Central Gardens: 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 | 89 | 81 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 5.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
February is the driest month (3.4 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 Central Gardens →
Central Gardens and its neighbors
Central Gardens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Gardens | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
| Nederland | 1% | 0.2 | 2 | 66% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Central Gardens
How much of Central Gardens 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 Central Gardens?
5,432 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Central Gardens or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Central Gardens have?
Behind most U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #631 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 Central Gardens 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 →