Photo: Djmaschek · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Fairchilds
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Fairchilds.
Ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Fairchilds have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fairchilds is ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Fairchilds’ under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 19% 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 Fairchilds
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 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 64 | 68 | 74 | 80 | 86 | 92 | 94 | 95 | 90 | 83 | 73 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 3.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and August the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 5.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fairchilds →
Questions about parks and trails in Fairchilds
How much of Fairchilds 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 Fairchilds?
5,655 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fairchilds or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fairchilds have?
Ahead of 3% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Fairchilds 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 →