Memorial Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Leaflet · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Hale Center
Hale Center has 4 acres of parks, 1.7 for every 1,000 residents
83% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Hale Center, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
4 ac
1.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
83%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Hale Center?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Hale Center have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hale Center is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hale Center’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4CPark land1.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (4 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home83% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 18%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Hale Center’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 23% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Hale Center. 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
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Hale Center City Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Windmill Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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
1Baseball
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 Hale Center
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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 82 | 91 | 92 | 91 | 84 | 74 | 63 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
February is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 2.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hale Center →
Questions about parks and trails in Hale Center
How much of Hale Center 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.
Are dogs allowed on Hale Center’s trails?
Memorial Park and Hale Center City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Hale Center?
230 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hale Center or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Hale Center have?
Ahead of 18% 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 Hale Center 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 →