Keltys Worker Housing · Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Hudson
3% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 2% of U.S. towns · #630 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
How much outdoors does Hudson have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hudson is ahead of 2% of U.S. towns, #630 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Hudson’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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2 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.
The best walking months in Hudson: April and May
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 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 64 | 71 | 78 | 85 | 91 | 94 | 95 | 89 | 80 | 69 | 62 |
| Rain (in) | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
August is the driest month (3.5 in) and the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 4.9 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hudson →
Hudson and its neighbors
Hudson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 3% | D− |
| Lufkin | 4% | under 0.1 | 23 | 57% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Hudson
How much of Hudson 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 Hudson?
24,330 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hudson or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Hudson have?
Ahead of 2% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #630 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 Hudson 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 →