American Legion Park
Park
18 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Chetblong · CC BY 3.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Nocona
Nocona has 5.1 miles of mapped trails, 1.8 for every square mile of land
2% of Nocona’s land is conserved, about 30 acres. 73% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 31 acres are parks and preserves, 9.9 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 63% of U.S. towns · #167 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
30 acres · of 2.8 sq mi of land
Trails
5.1 mi
1.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
31 ac
9.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
73%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Nocona?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Nocona have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Nocona is ahead of 63% of U.S. towns, #167 of 642 in Texas. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Nocona’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%C+Trails1.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (5 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4APark land9.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (31 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home73% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 63%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 74%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Nocona’s 2% is ahead of 50% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 96% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Enid Justin City Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
30 conserved acres
2% of Nocona’s land. Who manages Nocona’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city54 ac
Conservation Easement · 30 acLocal Park · 24 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 6 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Legion Park Local Park | Town or city | 23 | Open |
| Mary Beckman Davis Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
2Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Nocona
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 | 82 | 90 | 95 | 96 | 87 | 77 | 65 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
January is the driest month (1.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 5.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Nocona →
Questions about parks and trails in Nocona
How much of Nocona is conserved land?
2% 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 Nocona’s trails?
American Legion Park and Enid Justin City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Nocona?
122 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Nocona or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 31 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Nocona have?
Ahead of 63% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #167 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 Nocona neighbors.
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Sources
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 →