Lovelady Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock has 38 miles of mapped trails, 2.0 for every square mile of land
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.9 per 1,000 residents. 20% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 18.9 sq mi of land
Trails
38 mi
2.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
0.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
20%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
What kind of outdoors town is Fort Hancock?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Fort Hancock have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fort Hancock is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Fort Hancock’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails2.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (38 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4APark land0.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1 acre) · TX 9 · U.S. 13DParks close to home20% 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 24%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Fort Hancock’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 96% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Fort Hancock. 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Trails & water
2 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
6Tennis
2Baseball
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 Fort Hancock
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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 61 | 67 | 75 | 83 | 91 | 98 | 97 | 95 | 90 | 82 | 70 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
March is the driest month (0.2 in) and June the warmest (highs of 98 °F). 1.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 98 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fort Hancock →
Next door
Fort Hancock and its neighbors
Fort Hancock has the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Hancock | under 1% | 2.0 | 1 | 20% | C− |
| Acala | — 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 Fort Hancock
How much of Fort Hancock 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 Fort Hancock’s trails?
Lovelady Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Fort Hancock?
3 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fort Hancock or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fort Hancock have?
Ahead of 24% 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 Fort Hancock 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 →