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Outdoors in Chandler

Few parks or trails are on the map in Chandler

29% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 34 acres are parks and preserves, 9.6 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns · #550 of 642 in Texas. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
25 acres · of 6.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
34 ac
9.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
29%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Chandler have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Chandler is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns, #550 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Chandler’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 14%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 14%

Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Chandler’s 1% is ahead of 27% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Chandler. 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.

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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.

Winchester Park

Managed by City of Chandler
32 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Chandler River Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

25 conserved acres

1% of Chandler’s land. Who manages Chandler’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city49 ac
Local Park · 25 acConservation Easement · 25 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Winchester Park
Local Park
Town or city25Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Chandler

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Chandler

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
5Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Chandler: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.211.011.912.913.814.314.113.312.311.310.510.0
High (°F)586269768390949589796759
Rain (in)3.73.84.13.84.24.02.52.63.24.83.54.3

July is the driest month (2.5 in) and August the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 4.8 inches fall in October, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Chandler →

Questions about parks and trails in Chandler

How much of Chandler 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.

Are dogs allowed on Chandler’s trails?

Winchester Park and Chandler River Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Chandler?

1,593 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Chandler or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 34 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Chandler have?

Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #550 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 Chandler neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →