Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
154 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Palmview South
27% of Palmview South’s land is conserved: 156 acres
The biggest trail networks: Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (0.5 mi). 6% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Palmview South, 0.6 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
27%
156 acres · of 0.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Near a park
6%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Palmview South?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Palmview South have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Palmview South is ahead of 40% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Palmview South’s overall grade.
Conserved land27% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13DParks close to home6% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 40%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Palmview South’s 27% is ahead of 98% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 76% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Palmview South. 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
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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
156 conserved acres
27% of Palmview South’s land. Who manages Palmview South’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service311 ac
National Wildlife Refuge · 311 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 311 | Restricted |
When to get out
The walking year in Palmview South
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) | 10.7 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.5 |
| High (°F) | 71 | 76 | 82 | 88 | 93 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 94 | 88 | 79 | 73 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
February is the driest month (0.7 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 Palmview South →
Next door
Palmview South and its neighbors
Palmview South has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Palmview South
Where can I hike in Palmview South?
The longest trail networks: Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Palmview South is conserved land?
27% 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 Palmview South’s trails?
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Palmview South?
2,695 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Palmview South or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Palmview South have?
Ahead of 40% 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 Palmview South 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 →