Stevie Ray Vaughn Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Cockrell Hill
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Cockrell Hill
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns · #483 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
1 acre · of 0.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
0.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.3 mi lanes · 0.1 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Cockrell Hill?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Cockrell Hill have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cockrell Hill is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns, #483 of 642 in Texas. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Cockrell Hill’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land0.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13DParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 23%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 25%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Cockrell Hill’s under 1% is ahead of 20% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Cockrell Hill. 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
1 conserved acres
under 1% of Cockrell Hill’s land. Who manages Cockrell Hill’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city3 ac
Local Park · 1 acConservation Easement · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk Hill Trail Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Biking & sports
0.5 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.3 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.1 mi
off-road bike paths
0.2 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Cockrell Hill
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 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 91 | 95 | 96 | 89 | 78 | 67 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
July is the driest month (2.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cockrell Hill →
Questions about parks and trails in Cockrell Hill
How much of Cockrell Hill 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 Cockrell Hill’s trails?
Stevie Ray Vaughn Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Cockrell Hill?
0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of painted or protected lanes, 0.1 of off-road paths and 0.2 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Cockrell Hill?
17,767 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cockrell Hill or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Cockrell Hill have?
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #483 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 Cockrell Hill 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 →