Photo: Billy Hathorn at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0New Braunfels has 12 miles of mapped trails, 0.3 for every square mile of land
The biggest trail networks: Landa Park (1.2 mi), Panther Canyon (1.1 mi). 782 acres are parks and preserves, 7.5 per 1,000 residents. 74% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns · #291 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
How much outdoors does New Braunfels have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, New Braunfels is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns, #291 of 642 in Texas. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Among the 400 U.S. cities of 100,000 or more, New Braunfels ranks #365 on Outdoors.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so New Braunfels’ 3% is ahead of 67% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 52% of them.
Park acres per resident are where New Braunfels trails most U.S. towns: 7.5 per 1,000 against 12.6 typical, since 122,492 people share 782 acres.
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
The longest trail network is Landa Park, with 1.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Panther Canyon
Oak Run POA
Pecan Crossing Park
All 20 parks & preserves
903 conserved acres
3% of New Braunfels’ land. Who manages New Braunfels’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 60 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 9 of 111 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Complex Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 149 | Open |
| Landa Park Golf Course Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 122 | Open |
| Fischer Park Local Park | Town or city | 57 | Open |
| County Line Memorial Trail Local Park | Town or city | 50 | Open |
| Panther Canyon Nature Trail Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 44 | Open |
| Camp Comal Local Park | Town or city | 43 | Open |
| Dry Comal Nature Trail Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 43 | Open |
| Weston Soccer Fields Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 35 | Open |
| Comal County Fairgrounds Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 34 | Open |
| Comal Cemetery Local Park | Town or city | 34 | Open |
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
60 places to go in New Braunfels
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
8 more public pools
Plus 28 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Plus 2 dog parks without a name on the map.
1 boat launch without a name on the map.
Plus 1 peak without a name on the map.
7 picnic areas without a name on the map.
3 named trails and 9 lakes & rivers
8.1 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.
22 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 80 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
10 more on the History page.
April is the best month for walking in New Braunfels
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 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 63 | 68 | 74 | 80 | 87 | 93 | 96 | 97 | 91 | 83 | 72 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
February is the driest month (1.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 4.1 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in New Braunfels →
New Braunfels and its neighbors
New Braunfels has the second 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Braunfels | 3% | 0.3 | 7 | 74% | B− |
| Schertz | 3% | 0.9 | 24 | 92% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in New Braunfels
Where can I hike in New Braunfels?
The longest trail networks: Landa Park, 1.2 miles; Panther Canyon, 1.1 miles; Oak Run POA, 0.3 miles; Pecan Crossing Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of New Braunfels is conserved land?
3% 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 New Braunfels’ trails?
Landa Park and Panther Canyon don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in New Braunfels?
8.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.2 of painted or protected lanes and 5.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near New Braunfels?
5,995 acres of parks and open public land lie inside New Braunfels or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 884 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does New Braunfels have?
Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #291 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 New Braunfels 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 →