Few parks or trails are on the map in Lake Kiowa
1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Lake Kiowa, 0.6 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Lake Kiowa have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lake Kiowa is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Lake Kiowa’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 76% of them.
Water is 21% of Lake Kiowa’s area (1 of 4 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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8 places to go in Lake Kiowa
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
4 boat launches without a name on the map.
1 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.
April is the best month for walking in Lake Kiowa
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) | 10.2 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 87 | 77 | 65 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
January is the driest month (2.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 5.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lake Kiowa →
Questions about parks and trails in Lake Kiowa
How much of Lake Kiowa 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 Lake Kiowa?
26,390 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lake Kiowa or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lake Kiowa have?
Ahead of 10% 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 Lake Kiowa 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 →