Stoney Hollow Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Parker
Parker has 22 acres of parks, 3.6 for every 1,000 residents
0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Parker, 0.1 per square mile of land. 50% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns · #526 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
17 acres · of 8.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
22 ac
3.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
50%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.8 mi
0.4 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Parker have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Parker is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns, #526 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Parker’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4CPark land3.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (22 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13CParks close to home50% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 18%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 18%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Parker’s under 1% is ahead of 18% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 28% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Parker. 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 still be C−. 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.
Cottonwood Creek Greenbelt
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
17 conserved acres
under 1% of Parker’s land. Who manages Parker’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city33 ac
Conservation Easement · 16 acLocal Park · 16 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Rose Garden Park Local Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Parker
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Parker
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.8 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.4 mi
off-road bike paths
0.3 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
1Tennis
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 Parker
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 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 88 | 78 | 66 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
July is the driest month (2.2 in) and August the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 4.9 inches fall in October, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Parker →
Next door
Parker and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Parker
How much of Parker 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.
Are dogs allowed on Parker’s trails?
Stoney Hollow Park and Cottonwood Creek Greenbelt don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Parker?
0.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of off-road paths and 0.3 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Parker?
25,227 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Parker or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 22 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Parker have?
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #526 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 Parker 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 →