Coffield Park
Managed by City of Marfa
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Mathieu Lebreton from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Marfa
Marfa has 11 acres of parks, 4.2 for every 1,000 residents
1.3 miles of mapped trail cross Marfa, 0.8 per square mile of land. 58% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
7 acres · of 1.6 sq mi of land
Trails
1.3 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
11 ac
4.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
58%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Marfa?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Marfa have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Marfa is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Marfa’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land4.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (11 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13CParks close to home58% 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 38%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Marfa’s 1% is ahead of 26% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 84% 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Blackwell School National Historic Site
Managed by National Park Service
1 acres
Dogs usually limited
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
7 conserved acres
1% of Marfa’s land. Who manages Marfa’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city7 ac
Conservation Easement · 7 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 7 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
Things to do
1 places to go in Marfa
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Marfa
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
2Baseball
1Basketball
1Beach volleyball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →6 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 7 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
Presidio County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1977
About itEl Paisano HotelBuilding · listed 1978
About itBuilding 98, Fort D.A. RussellBuilding · listed 2004
About itFort D.A. Russell Historic District/ Donald Judd Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2006
About itBlackwell SchoolBuilding · listed 2019
About itCentral Marfa Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2022
About itWhen to get out
April is the best month for walking in Marfa
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) | 61 | 65 | 72 | 80 | 87 | 92 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 79 | 69 | 61 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
February is the driest month (0.4 in) and June the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 2.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Marfa →
Questions about parks and trails in Marfa
How much of Marfa is conserved land?
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.
Are dogs allowed on Marfa’s trails?
Coffield Park and Blackwell School National Historic Site don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Marfa?
18 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Marfa or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Marfa have?
Ahead of 38% 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 Marfa 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 →