Photo: Jim Evans · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Ganado
20% of Ganado’s land is conserved, about 147 acres. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Ganado, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Ganado?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Ganado have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ganado is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Ganado’s 20% is ahead of 95% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 59% 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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147 conserved acres
20% of Ganado’s land. Who manages Ganado’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Texana Recreation Management Area | Bureau of Reclamation | 138 | Open |
| Palmetto Bend Local Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 10 | Open |
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April is the best month for walking in Ganado
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) | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 65 | 68 | 74 | 80 | 87 | 92 | 94 | 95 | 91 | 84 | 74 | 67 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 |
February is the driest month (2.3 in) and August the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ganado →
Questions about parks and trails in Ganado
How much of Ganado is conserved land?
20% 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 Ganado?
11,765 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ganado or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 145 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Ganado have?
Ahead of 30% 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 Ganado 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 →