Few parks or trails are on the map in Gholson
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Gholson yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Behind most U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Gholson have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Gholson is behind most U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Gholson’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% 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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The walking year in Gholson
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 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 59 | 63 | 70 | 78 | 85 | 92 | 96 | 97 | 90 | 81 | 69 | 61 |
| Rain (in) | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
July is the driest month (1.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 4.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Gholson →
Questions about parks and trails in Gholson
How much of Gholson 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.
Is there public land near Gholson?
5,613 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gholson or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Gholson have?
Behind most 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 Gholson 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 →