Sandy Beach Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Pecan Plantation
Few parks or trails are on the map in Pecan Plantation
5% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 12 acres are parks and preserves, 1.9 per 1,000 residents. 4.4 miles of mapped trail cross Pecan Plantation, 0.6 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns · #505 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
38 acres · of 7.4 sq mi of land
Trails
4.4 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
12 ac
1.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
5%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
1 beach
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Pecan Plantation have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pecan Plantation is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns, #505 of 642 in Texas. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Pecan Plantation’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (4 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land1.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (12 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home5% 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 21%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 21%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Pecan Plantation’s 1% is ahead of 33% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 76% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Pecan Plantation. 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 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.
Who protects it
38 conserved acres
1% of Pecan Plantation’s land. Who manages Pecan Plantation’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners65 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government5 ac
Regional agency5 ac
Conservation Easement · 38 acLocal Park · 38 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Private owners | 19 | Open |
| Sandy Beach Park Local Park | Private owners | 14 | Open |
| Monument Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 5 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Pecan Plantation
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Pecan Plantation
1 beach 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
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
6Tennis
1Soccer
1Baseball
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 Pecan Plantation
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) | 58 | 62 | 69 | 78 | 84 | 92 | 96 | 96 | 89 | 79 | 68 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
July is the driest month (2.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Pecan Plantation →
Questions about parks and trails in Pecan Plantation
How much of Pecan Plantation is conserved land?
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 Pecan Plantation’s trails?
Sandy Beach Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Pecan Plantation?
2,181 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pecan Plantation or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 37 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Pecan Plantation have?
Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #505 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 Pecan Plantation 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 →