Photo: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Edna
31 acres are parks and preserves, 5.1 per 1,000 residents. 1% of Edna’s land is conserved, about 32 acres. 49% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns · #398 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Edna?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Edna have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Edna is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns, #398 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 Edna’s 1% is ahead of 40% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 65% 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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32 conserved acres
1% of Edna’s land. Who manages Edna’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby Park Local Park | Town or city | 26 | Open |
| Martin Luther King Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Children'S Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
1 places to go in Edna
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 lakes & rivers
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.
4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 13 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
April is the best month for walking in Edna
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) | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 65 | 68 | 74 | 80 | 87 | 92 | 94 | 95 | 91 | 84 | 74 | 67 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
February is the driest month (2.3 in) and August the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 4.6 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Edna →
Questions about parks and trails in Edna
How much of Edna 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 Edna?
11,727 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Edna or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 31 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Edna have?
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #398 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 Edna 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 →