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Outdoors in Flatonia

Flatonia has 28 acres of parks, 15 for every 1,000 residents

94% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Flatonia, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.6 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
28 ac
15 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
94%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Flatonia?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Flatonia have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Flatonia is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Flatonia’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 48%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Flatonia’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 60% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. 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.

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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 7-Acre Park, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Flatonia Rail Park

Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

McWhirter Park

Park
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗

Garbade Park

Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Things to do

2 places to go in Flatonia

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Public pools in Flatonia

1 public pool without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
2Tennis
2Baseball
1Football
1Skate park
1Softball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 8 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Flatonia Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2017
About it
When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Flatonia

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.411.111.912.913.614.013.913.212.311.410.610.2
High (°F)636673808692959690827264
Rain (in)2.92.33.03.34.53.82.22.93.54.43.12.9

July is the driest month (2.2 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Flatonia →

Questions about parks and trails in Flatonia

Where can I hike in Flatonia?

The longest trail networks: 7-Acre Park, 0.3 miles; Flatonia Rail Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Flatonia 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 Flatonia’s trails?

7-Acre Park and Flatonia Rail Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Flatonia?

62 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Flatonia or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 28 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Flatonia have?

Ahead of 48% 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 Flatonia neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →