Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Gladewater
40 acres are parks and preserves, 6.4 per 1,000 residents. 39% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns · #563 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
How much outdoors does Gladewater have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Gladewater is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns, #563 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Gladewater’s 1% is ahead of 25% 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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
38 conserved acres
1% of Gladewater’s land. Who manages Gladewater’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 24 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Everett Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
12 places to go in Gladewater
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
8 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Plus 2 boat launches without a name on the map.
3 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
April is the best month for walking in Gladewater
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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 90 | 94 | 94 | 89 | 78 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
August is the driest month (2.7 in) and the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 4.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Gladewater →
Questions about parks and trails in Gladewater
How much of Gladewater is conserved land?
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 Gladewater’s trails?
Garland P Ferguson Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Gladewater?
3,597 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gladewater or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 40 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Gladewater have?
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #563 of 642 in Texas. 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 Gladewater 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 →