Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Leonard
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Leonard.
Ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Leonard have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Leonard is ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Leonard’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 19% 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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April is the best month for walking in Leonard
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 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 89 | 93 | 94 | 87 | 77 | 65 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
July is the driest month (2.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Leonard →
Questions about parks and trails in Leonard
How much of Leonard 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 Leonard?
1,925 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Leonard or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Leonard have?
Ahead of 3% 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 Leonard 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 →