Overton City Park
Park
29 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Overton
Overton has 108 acres of parks, 44 for every 1,000 residents
2% of Overton’s land is conserved, about 94 acres. 58% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
94 acres · of 6.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
108 ac
44 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
58%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
3
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Overton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Overton is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Overton’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land44 acres of park per 1,000 residents (108 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home58% 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 38%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Overton’s 2% is ahead of 58% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Overton. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on 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.
Who protects it
94 conserved acres
2% of Overton’s land. Who manages Overton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city188 ac
Conservation Easement · 94 acLocal Park · 94 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overton City Park Local Park | Town or city | 94 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Overton
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Overton
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
3 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
4Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Overton: 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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 58 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 90 | 93 | 94 | 88 | 78 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
August is the driest month (2.7 in) and the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 4.6 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Overton →
Questions about parks and trails in Overton
How much of Overton 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 Overton’s trails?
Overton City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Overton?
227 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Overton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 108 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Overton have?
Ahead of 38% 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 Overton 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 →