Elm Creek has 5.6 miles of mapped trails, 2.0 for every square mile of land
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Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns · #540 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Elm Creek?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Elm Creek have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Elm Creek is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns, #540 of 642 in Texas. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Elm Creek’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 96% 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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April is the best month for walking in Elm Creek
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) | 66 | 71 | 79 | 85 | 91 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 93 | 84 | 74 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
February is the driest month (0.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 99 °F). 3.3 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 99 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Elm Creek →
Questions about parks and trails in Elm Creek
How much of Elm Creek is conserved land?
under 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 Elm Creek?
231 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Elm Creek or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Elm Creek have?
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #540 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 Elm Creek 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 →