Few parks or trails are on the map in DeCordova
5 acres are parks and preserves, 1.5 per 1,000 residents. 52% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns · #581 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
How much outdoors does DeCordova have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, DeCordova is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns, #581 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so DeCordova’s 1% is ahead of 26% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
Water is 13% of DeCordova’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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5 conserved acres
1% of DeCordova’s land. Water is left out: DeCordova has 1.4 square miles of land and 0.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages DeCordova’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acton State Park State Park | Other state land | 5 | Open |
1 places to go in DeCordova
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0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
April is the best month for walking in DeCordova
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) | 58 | 62 | 69 | 77 | 84 | 92 | 96 | 96 | 89 | 79 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
January is the driest month (2.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in DeCordova →
Questions about parks and trails in DeCordova
How much of DeCordova 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.
Is there public land near DeCordova?
1,054 acres of parks and open public land lie inside DeCordova or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does DeCordova have?
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #581 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 DeCordova 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 →