Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Granite Shoals
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Granite Shoals. 22 acres are parks and preserves, 4.1 per 1,000 residents. 77% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns · #504 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
How much outdoors does Granite Shoals have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Granite Shoals is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns, #504 of 642 in Texas. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Granite Shoals’ under 1% is ahead of 24% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 14% of them.
Water is 14% of Granite Shoals’ area (1 of 8 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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22 conserved acres
under 1% of Granite Shoals’ land. Water is left out: Granite Shoals has 7.1 square miles of land and 1.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Granite Shoals’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 9 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greencastle Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Bluebriar Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Veteran's Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Belaire Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Sherwood Downs Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Valley View Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| East Bay Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Lakeview Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
2 lakes & rivers
April is the best month for walking in Granite Shoals
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) | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 66 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 93 | 96 | 97 | 90 | 81 | 71 | 63 |
| Rain (in) | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
January is the driest month (1.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 4.1 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Granite Shoals →
Granite Shoals and its neighbors
Granite Shoals has the second 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Shoals | under 1% | under 0.1 | 4 | 77% | C− |
| Horseshoe Bay | under 1% | 0.4 | 3 | 44% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Granite Shoals
How much of Granite Shoals 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 Granite Shoals?
2,978 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Granite Shoals or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 22 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Granite Shoals have?
Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #504 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 Granite Shoals 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 →