Norman Vestal Park
Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Fair Oaks Ranch
Few parks or trails are on the map in Fair Oaks Ranch
21 acres are parks and preserves, 2.0 per 1,000 residents. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Fair Oaks Ranch, 0.1 per square mile of land. 31% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns · #546 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
97 acres · of 12.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
21 ac
2.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
31%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
5.5 mi
Lakes & rivers
4
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Fair Oaks Ranch have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fair Oaks Ranch is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns, #546 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Fair Oaks Ranch’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4CPark land2.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (21 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home31% 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 15%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 15%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Fair Oaks Ranch’s 1% is ahead of 40% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 24% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Fair Oaks Ranch. 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Norman Vestal Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Boots Gaubatz Park
Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
97 conserved acres
1% of Fair Oaks Ranch’s land. Who manages Fair Oaks Ranch’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners192 ac
Local Park · 96 acConservation Easement · 96 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cibolo Creek Nature Trail Park Local Park | Private owners | 74 | Open |
| Gaubotz Park Local Park | Private owners | 12 | Open |
| Norman Vestal Park Local Park | Private owners | 10 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Fair Oaks Ranch
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Fair Oaks Ranch
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
4 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
5.5 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
5.5 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
15Tennis
1Multi-sport
1Basketball
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Fair Oaks Ranch
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) | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 66 | 73 | 80 | 85 | 91 | 94 | 95 | 89 | 81 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
February is the driest month (1.9 in) and August the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 4.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fair Oaks Ranch →
Next door
Fair Oaks Ranch and its neighbors
Fair Oaks Ranch has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Oaks Ranch | 1% | 0.1 | 2 | 31% | C− |
| San Antonio | 10% | 0.7 | 21 | 76% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Fair Oaks Ranch
Where can I hike in Fair Oaks Ranch?
The longest trail networks: Norman Vestal Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Fair Oaks Ranch 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 Fair Oaks Ranch’s trails?
Norman Vestal Park and Boots Gaubatz Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Fair Oaks Ranch?
5.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 5.5 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Fair Oaks Ranch?
6,898 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fair Oaks Ranch or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 101 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Fair Oaks Ranch have?
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #546 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 Fair Oaks Ranch 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 →