Few parks or trails are on the map in Falcon Lake Estates
36% of Falcon Lake Estates’ land is conserved, about 156 acres. 155 acres are parks and preserves, 144 per 1,000 residents. 97% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 79% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Falcon Lake Estates?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Falcon Lake Estates have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Falcon Lake Estates is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Falcon Lake Estates’ 36% is ahead of 98% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
Water is more than half of Falcon Lake Estates’ area (1 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 16%.
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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156 conserved acres
36% of Falcon Lake Estates’ land. Water is left out: Falcon Lake Estates has 0.7 square miles of land and 0.9 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Falcon Lake Estates’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Falcon Lake Park & Boat Ramp Local Park | County | 156 | Open |
The walking year in Falcon Lake Estates
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) | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.5 |
| High (°F) | 70 | 75 | 82 | 89 | 94 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 94 | 88 | 78 | 71 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
February is the driest month (0.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 100 °F). 4.3 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 100 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Falcon Lake Estates →
Falcon Lake Estates and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon Lake Estates | 36% | under 0.1 | 144 | 97% | A− |
| Zapata | 1% | 0.7 | 12 | 73% | B− |
| Falcon Mesa | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Falcon Lake Estates
How much of Falcon Lake Estates is conserved land?
36% 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 Falcon Lake Estates?
217 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Falcon Lake Estates or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 155 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Falcon Lake Estates have?
Ahead of 79% 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 Falcon Lake Estates 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 →