Dow Park
Park
36 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Tijuana Brass at English Wikipedia · Public domainB+Outdoors
Outdoors in Deer Park
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Deer Park
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. The biggest trail networks: Dow Park (1.1 mi). 5.9 miles of mapped trail cross Deer Park, 0.6 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns · #97 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
5%
324 acres · of 10.6 sq mi of land
Trails
5.9 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
343 ac
10 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Deer Park?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Deer Park have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Deer Park is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns, #97 of 642 in Texas. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Deer Park’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (6 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land10 acres of park per 1,000 residents (343 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13B−Parks 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 74%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 85%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Deer Park’s 5% is ahead of 76% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 74% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A−. 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
The longest trail network is Dow Park, with 1.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Park Green
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Avon Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Wynfield Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
324 conserved acres
5% of Deer Park’s land. Who manages Deer Park’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city405 ac
Joint10 ac
Not recorded209 ac
Recreation or Education Easement · 221 acLocal Recreation Area · 200 acConservation Easement · 101 acLocal Park · 93 acPrivate Park · 10 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 23 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battleground Deer Park Golf Course Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 163 | Open |
| Dow Park Local Park | Town or city | 39 | Open |
| Adult Softball Complex Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 19 | Open |
| Bayou Bend Park Local Park | Town or city | 18 | Open |
| Minchen Athletic Complex Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 17 | Open |
| P Street Detention Pond Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| P Street Right-Of-Way Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Park Meadows Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Park Green Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Wynfield Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Things to do
33 places to go in Deer Park
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Deer Park
33 playgrounds are on OpenStreetMap in all; the list shows named ones from the first 30.
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
18Tennis
16Baseball
6Soccer
6Basketball
1Multi-sport
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Deer Park
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 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 63 | 67 | 72 | 78 | 84 | 90 | 92 | 93 | 88 | 81 | 72 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 4.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
February is the driest month (3.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Deer Park →
Next door
Deer Park and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Deer Park
Where can I hike in Deer Park?
The longest trail networks: Dow Park, 1.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Deer Park is conserved land?
5% 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 Deer Park’s trails?
Dow Park and Park Green don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Deer Park?
12,782 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Deer Park or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 358 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Deer Park have?
Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #97 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 Deer Park 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 →