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Outdoors in Grand Saline

Few parks or trails are on the map in Grand Saline

22% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Grand Saline’s land is conserved, about 20 acres. 20 acres are parks and preserves, 6.2 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns · #559 of 642 in Texas. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
20 acres · of 2.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
20 ac
6.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
22%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Grand Saline have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Grand Saline is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns, #559 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.

D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Grand Saline’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 14%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 13%

Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Grand Saline’s 2% is ahead of 46% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Grand Saline. 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
Who protects it

20 conserved acres

2% of Grand Saline’s land. Who manages Grand Saline’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city39 ac
Conservation Easement · 20 acLocal Park · 19 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Grand Saline City Park
Local Park
Town or city19Open
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
4Tennis
4Baseball
1Football

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 Grand Saline

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)10.211.011.912.913.814.314.113.312.311.310.410.0
High (°F)576168768290949588786658
Rain (in)3.43.74.23.94.74.02.62.73.44.93.54.3

July is the driest month (2.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 4.9 inches fall in October, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Grand Saline →

Questions about parks and trails in Grand Saline

How much of Grand Saline is conserved land?

2% 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 Grand Saline?

750 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Grand Saline or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 20 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Grand Saline have?

Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #559 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 Grand Saline 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 →