Few parks or trails are on the map in Oak Leaf
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Oak Leaf yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Behind most U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Oak Leaf have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Oak Leaf is behind most U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Oak Leaf’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
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The walking year in Oak Leaf
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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 91 | 95 | 96 | 89 | 78 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
July is the driest month (2.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Oak Leaf →
Oak Leaf and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Leaf | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
| Glenn Heights | 1% | under 0.1 | 4 | 94% | C |
| Red Oak | under 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 36% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Oak Leaf
How much of Oak Leaf 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 Oak Leaf?
6,581 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Oak Leaf or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Oak Leaf have?
Behind most 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 Oak Leaf 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 →