Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Diboll
88 acres are parks and preserves, 18 per 1,000 residents. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Diboll, 0.2 per square mile of land. 68% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns · #263 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
How much outdoors does Diboll have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Diboll is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns, #263 of 642 in Texas. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Diboll’s 3% is ahead of 64% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 42% of them.
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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89 conserved acres
3% of Diboll’s land. Who manages Diboll’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Orchard Park Local Park | Town or city | 58 | Open |
| Walter Allen Park Local Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| Whispering Pines Park Local Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 6 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Diboll: 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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 91 | 94 | 95 | 89 | 80 | 69 | 62 |
| Rain (in) | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
August is the driest month (3.6 in) and the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 5.0 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Diboll →
Questions about parks and trails in Diboll
How much of Diboll is conserved land?
3% 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 Diboll?
6,109 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Diboll or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 88 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Diboll have?
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #263 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 Diboll 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 →