City Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: StationNT5Bmedia · CC BY-SA 3.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Dayton
Few parks or trails are on the map in Dayton
0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Dayton. 30% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 45 acres are parks and preserves, 4.9 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns · #566 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
55 acres · of 30.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
45 ac
4.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
30%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Dayton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dayton is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns, #566 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Dayton’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 (1 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land4.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (45 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13CParks close to home30% 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 12%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 12%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Dayton’s under 1% is ahead of 18% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 16% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Dayton. 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.
Dayton City Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
55 conserved acres
under 1% of Dayton’s land. Who manages Dayton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city98 ac
Not recorded9 ac
Conservation Easement · 51 acLocal Park · 46 acLocal Recreation Area · 9 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniels Park Local Park | Town or city | 33 | Open |
| Sawmill Road Park Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 9 | Open |
| Henderson Day Memorial Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| John William Parker & Veronica Blake Parker Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Dayton
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Dayton
City Park PoolIn City Park
DirectionsPlaygrounds in Dayton
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Brown Trail0.1 mi
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
7Tennis
3Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Dayton: 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) | 63 | 67 | 73 | 79 | 85 | 91 | 93 | 94 | 89 | 82 | 72 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
February is the driest month (3.5 in) and August the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dayton →
Next door
Dayton and its neighbors
Dayton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dayton | under 1% | under 0.1 | 5 | 30% | D |
| Liberty | 10% | 0.1 | 14 | 67% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Dayton
How much of Dayton 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 Dayton’s trails?
City Park and Dayton City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Dayton?
7,656 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dayton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 55 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Dayton have?
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #566 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 Dayton 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 →