Bandera County Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Medina Dam · Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Lakehills
Lakehills has 8.0 miles of mapped trails, 0.3 for every square mile of land
9% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 17 acres are parks and preserves, 2.7 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns · #579 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
8 acres · of 30.3 sq mi of land
Trails
8.0 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
17 ac
2.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
9%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,696 ft
Smoothing Iron Mountain
Lakes & rivers
6
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Lakehills have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lakehills is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns, #579 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lakehills’ overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (8 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land2.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (17 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home9% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 12%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 10%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Lakehills’ under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 53% of them.
Water is 12% of Lakehills’ area (4 of 34 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Lakehills. 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.
Leibold Sports Complex
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
8 conserved acres
under 1% of Lakehills’ land. Water is left out: Lakehills has 30.3 square miles of land and 4.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Lakehills’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County15 ac
Recreation or Education Easement · 8 acLocal Recreation Area · 8 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medina Lake Park Road 37 Ramp Local Recreation Area | County | 8 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Lakehills
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Lakehills
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Peaks in Lakehills
Smoothing Iron Mountain1,696 ft elevation
DirectionsLiebold Mountain1,460 ft elevation
DirectionsGoat Hill1,227 ft elevation
DirectionsTrails & water
1 named trail and 6 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Ta Shunka Trail0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
3Baseball
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 Lakehills
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 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 63 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 86 | 92 | 94 | 96 | 90 | 82 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
February is the driest month (1.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lakehills →
Questions about parks and trails in Lakehills
How much of Lakehills 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 Lakehills’ trails?
Bandera County Park and Leibold Sports Complex don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Lakehills?
24,796 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lakehills or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lakehills have?
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #579 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 Lakehills 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 →