Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Fifth Street
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 2 acres are parks and preserves, 1.5 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Fifth Street, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Fifth Street?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Fifth Street have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fifth Street is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Fifth Street’s under 1% is ahead of 12% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 65% 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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
April is the best month for walking in Fifth Street
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 | 91 | 93 | 94 | 90 | 83 | 73 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
February is the driest month (3.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fifth Street →
Fifth Street and its neighbors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth Street | under 1% | 0.4 | 1 | 99%+ | C+ |
| Stafford | 1% | 0.1 | 2 | 70% | C− |
| Missouri City | 10% | 1.3 | 16 | 96% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Fifth Street
How much of Fifth Street 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 Fifth Street’s trails?
StaMo Sports Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Fifth Street?
8,262 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fifth Street or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fifth Street have?
Ahead of 42% 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 Fifth Street 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 →