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Outdoors in Pine Island

Few parks or trails are on the map in Pine Island

21% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 14 acres are parks and preserves, 10 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
14 acres · of 9.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
14 ac
10 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
21%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Pine Island have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pine Island is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.

D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Pine Island’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 12%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Pine Island’s under 1% is ahead of 15% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Pine Island. 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

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

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

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Waller County Fairgrounds

Managed by Waller County 4H
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

14 conserved acres

under 1% of Pine Island’s land. Who manages Pine Island’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County27 ac
Other Easement · 14 acLocal Other or Unknown · 14 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Waller County Fairgrounds
Local Other or Unknown
County14Open
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
1Equestrian

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 Pine Island

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)10.411.111.912.913.714.113.913.212.311.410.610.2
High (°F)636673808692959690827264
Rain (in)3.63.03.43.74.84.72.83.84.24.44.43.6

July is the driest month (2.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.8 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Pine Island →

Questions about parks and trails in Pine Island

How much of Pine Island 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 Pine Island’s trails?

Waller County Fairgrounds doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Pine Island?

7,412 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pine Island or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 14 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Pine Island have?

Ahead of 12% 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 Pine Island 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 →