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D−Outdoors
Outdoors in Palmhurst

Few parks or trails are on the map in Palmhurst

0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Palmhurst, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 4% of U.S. towns · #619 of 642 in Texas. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 4.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.5 mi lanes
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Palmhurst have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Palmhurst is ahead of 4% of U.S. towns, #619 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

D−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Palmhurst’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 4%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 4%

Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Palmhurst’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 23% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Palmhurst. 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 D− to D. 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

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Things to do

1 places to go in Palmhurst

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Public pools in Palmhurst
Hot Tub
Directions
Biking & sports

0.5 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.5 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
Courts & fields
8Tennis
2Soccer

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The walking year in Palmhurst

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.711.211.912.813.413.813.613.112.311.510.810.5
High (°F)717682889297989993887972
Rain (in)0.80.81.21.42.32.82.21.84.62.31.31.0

February is the driest month (0.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 99 °F). 4.6 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 99 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Palmhurst →

Next door

Palmhurst and its neighbors

Palmhurst has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Palmhurstunder 1%0.1under 1under 1%D−
Mission3%0.41255%B−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Palmhurst

How much of Palmhurst 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.

Where can I bike in Palmhurst?

0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of painted or protected lanes.

Is there public land near Palmhurst?

3,447 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Palmhurst or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Palmhurst have?

Ahead of 4% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #619 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 Palmhurst 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 →