Photo: United States Air Force · Public domainLaughlin AFB has 15 miles of mapped trails, 2.3 for every square mile of land
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.5 per 1,000 residents. 53% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Laughlin AFB?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Laughlin AFB have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Laughlin AFB is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Laughlin AFB’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 98% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
8 places to go in Laughlin AFB
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
7 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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 Laughlin AFB
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) | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 64 | 69 | 77 | 84 | 90 | 95 | 97 | 98 | 92 | 83 | 72 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
February is the driest month (0.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 98 °F). 3.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 98 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Laughlin AFB →
Laughlin AFB and its neighbors
Laughlin AFB has the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laughlin AFB | under 1% | 2.3 | under 1 | 53% | C |
| Del Rio | 1% | 0.4 | 6 | 83% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Laughlin AFB
How much of Laughlin AFB 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 Laughlin AFB?
545 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Laughlin AFB or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Laughlin AFB have?
Ahead of 32% 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 Laughlin AFB 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 →