Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Meridian
7 acres are parks and preserves, 4.3 per 1,000 residents. 48% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Meridian?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Meridian have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Meridian is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Meridian’s under 1% is ahead of 6% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
3 places to go in Meridian
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.
2 picnic areas without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
0.3 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.
5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 8 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
April is the best month for walking in Meridian
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 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 58 | 62 | 69 | 77 | 84 | 91 | 95 | 96 | 89 | 79 | 68 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
July is the driest month (2.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Meridian →
Questions about parks and trails in Meridian
How much of Meridian 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.
Are dogs allowed on Meridian’s trails?
Lions Park and Meridian Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Meridian?
0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Meridian?
793 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Meridian or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Meridian 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 Meridian 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 →