Photo: Liveon001 ©Travis Witt · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Martindale
17% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Martindale. 3 acres are parks and preserves, 3.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Martindale have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Martindale is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Martindale’s under 1% is ahead of 20% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 20% 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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4 conserved acres
under 1% of Martindale’s land. Who manages Martindale’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Bates River Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
2 lakes & rivers
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
April is the best month for walking in Martindale
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 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 63 | 67 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 93 | 96 | 97 | 91 | 83 | 72 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
February is the driest month (1.9 in) and August the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 4.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Martindale →
Questions about parks and trails in Martindale
How much of Martindale 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 Martindale?
3,210 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Martindale or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Martindale have?
Ahead of 10% 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 Martindale 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 →