Crouch Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Itasca
96% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Itasca
3 acres are parks and preserves, 1.3 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
1.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
96%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Itasca?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Itasca have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Itasca is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Itasca’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land1.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (3 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home96% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 16%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Itasca’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Itasca. 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
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
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
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Itasca
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 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 58 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 91 | 95 | 96 | 89 | 79 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
July is the driest month (2.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Itasca →
Questions about parks and trails in Itasca
How much of Itasca 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 Itasca’s trails?
Crouch Park and Lawless Pawk don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Itasca?
105 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Itasca or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Itasca have?
Ahead of 16% 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 Itasca 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 →