Medina has 5.7 miles of mapped trails, 3.2 for every square mile of land
9% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns · #507 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Medina?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Medina have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Medina is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns, #507 of 642 in Texas. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Medina’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 99% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
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The walking year in Medina
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) | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.5 |
| High (°F) | 69 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 94 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 94 | 87 | 78 | 70 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
February is the driest month (0.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 100 °F). 4.3 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 100 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Medina →
Medina and its neighbors
Medina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medina | under 1% | 3.2 | under 1 | 9% | C− |
| Zapata | 1% | 0.7 | 12 | 73% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Medina
How much of Medina 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 Medina?
217 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Medina or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Medina have?
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #507 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 Medina 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 →