Few parks or trails are on the map in Lowry Crossing
39 acres are parks and preserves, 27 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Lowry Crossing, 0.1 per square mile of land. 50% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns · #340 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
How much outdoors does Lowry Crossing have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lowry Crossing is ahead of 40% of U.S. towns, #340 of 642 in Texas. 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 Lowry Crossing’s 2% is ahead of 55% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 24% 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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34 conserved acres
2% of Lowry Crossing’s land. Who manages Lowry Crossing’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lavon Recreation Area Recreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 31 | Open |
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 Lowry Crossing
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 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 90 | 94 | 95 | 88 | 77 | 66 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
July is the driest month (2.2 in) and August the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 4.8 inches fall in October, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lowry Crossing →
Lowry Crossing and its neighbors
Lowry Crossing has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Lowry Crossing
How much of Lowry Crossing 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 Lowry Crossing?
23,992 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lowry Crossing or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 39 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Lowry Crossing have?
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #340 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 Lowry Crossing 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 →