Photo: Leaflet · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Morton
7 acres are parks and preserves, 4.6 per 1,000 residents. 72% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Morton, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Morton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Morton is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Morton’s 1% is ahead of 32% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 53% 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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8 conserved acres
1% of Morton’s land. Who manages Morton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | 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.
The best walking months in Morton: April and May
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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 83 | 92 | 93 | 91 | 84 | 75 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
February is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 2.5 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Morton →
Questions about parks and trails in Morton
How much of Morton 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.
Is there public land near Morton?
15 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Morton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Morton have?
Ahead of 33% 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 Morton 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 →