Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Lorena
41 acres are parks and preserves, 28 per 1,000 residents. 87% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Lorena’s land is conserved, about 42 acres.
Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Lorena?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Lorena have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lorena is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Lorena’s 2% is ahead of 50% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% 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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42 conserved acres
2% of Lorena’s land. Who manages Lorena’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| McBrayer Park Local Park | Town or city | 27 | Open |
| Evans Field Local Recreation Area | Private owners | 14 | Open |
1 places to go in Lorena
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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 Lorena
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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 59 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 91 | 95 | 96 | 90 | 80 | 69 | 61 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
July is the driest month (2.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lorena →
Questions about parks and trails in Lorena
How much of Lorena is conserved land?
2% 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 Lorena?
3,088 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lorena or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 41 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Lorena have?
Ahead of 42% 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 Lorena 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 →