Photo: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Dumas has 55 acres of parks, 3.8 for every 1,000 residents
4.5 miles of mapped trail cross Dumas, 0.8 per square mile of land. 83% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1% of Dumas’ land is conserved, about 51 acres.
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns · #269 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Dumas?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Dumas have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dumas is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns, #269 of 642 in Texas. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Dumas’ 1% is ahead of 44% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 84% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Texhoma Park
All 8 parks & preserves
51 conserved acres
1% of Dumas’ land. Who manages Dumas’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDade Park Local Park | Town or city | 23 | Open |
| Phillips Park Local Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
| Texhoma Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Morton Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Durrett Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Shamrock Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Twichell Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| North Birge Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
11 places to go in Dumas
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
11 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
The best walking months in Dumas: 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) | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 80 | 90 | 93 | 91 | 84 | 73 | 60 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 3.0 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dumas →
Questions about parks and trails in Dumas
How much of Dumas 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.
Are dogs allowed on Dumas’ trails?
McDade Park and Morton Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Dumas?
54 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dumas or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 55 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Dumas have?
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #269 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 Dumas 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 →