Elmendorf City Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Elmendorf
Few parks or trails are on the map in Elmendorf
3 acres are parks and preserves, 1.1 per 1,000 residents. 2.8 miles of mapped trail cross Elmendorf, 0.5 per square mile of land. 39% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns · #524 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 6.1 sq mi of land
Trails
2.8 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
1.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
39%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Elmendorf have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Elmendorf is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns, #524 of 642 in Texas. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Elmendorf’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4BPark land1.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (3 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home39% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 18%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 18%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Elmendorf’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 68% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Elmendorf. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Elmendorf
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 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 65 | 69 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 93 | 96 | 97 | 91 | 84 | 73 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
February is the driest month (1.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 3.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Elmendorf →
Questions about parks and trails in Elmendorf
How much of Elmendorf 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.
Are dogs allowed on Elmendorf’s trails?
Elmendorf City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Elmendorf?
5,371 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Elmendorf or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Elmendorf have?
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #524 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 Elmendorf 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 →