Liberty Municipal Park
Park
92 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Liberty County Courthouse · Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Liberty
10% of Liberty’s land is conserved: 2,883 acres
The biggest trail networks: Liberty Municipal Park (0.7 mi). 6.3 miles of mapped trail cross Liberty, 0.1 per square mile of land. 122 acres are parks and preserves, 14 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns · #202 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
10%
2,883 acres · of 44.5 sq mi of land
Trails
6.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
122 ac
14 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
67%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
13
What kind of outdoors town is Liberty?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Liberty have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Liberty is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns, #202 of 642 in Texas. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Liberty’s overall grade.
Conserved land10% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (6 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land14 acres of park per 1,000 residents (122 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13BParks close to home67% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 57%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 69%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Liberty’s 10% is ahead of 90% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 36% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. 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
The longest trail network is Liberty Municipal Park, with 0.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge - Champion Lake Area
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
376 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
2,883 conserved acres
10% of Liberty’s land. Who manages Liberty’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,944 ac
Army Corps of Engineers1,209 ac
Town or city204 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits196 ac
National Wildlife Refuge · 2,944 acConservation Easement · 1,409 acLocal Park · 102 acPrivate Conservation · 98 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,210 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 2,944 | Restricted |
| Gum Bayou Preserve Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 98 | Closed |
| LIberty Municipal Park Local Park | Town or city | 76 | Open |
| Travis Park Local Park | Town or city | 23 | Open |
| Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Hayes Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Trails & water
2 named trails and 13 lakes & rivers
Named trails
County Road 47010.5 mi
Tanton Loop0.3 mi
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
13Baseball
6Tennis
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 41 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Liberty: April and May
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 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 63 | 67 | 73 | 79 | 85 | 90 | 93 | 93 | 89 | 81 | 72 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
February is the driest month (3.5 in) and August the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.8 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Liberty →
Next door
Liberty and its neighbors
Liberty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 10% | 0.1 | 14 | 67% | B |
| Dayton | under 1% | under 0.1 | 5 | 30% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Liberty
Where can I hike in Liberty?
The longest trail networks: Liberty Municipal Park, 0.7 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Liberty is conserved land?
10% 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 Liberty’s trails?
Liberty Municipal Park and Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge - Champion Lake Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Liberty?
2,372 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Liberty or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 122 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Liberty have?
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #202 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 Liberty 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 →