Big Thicket National Preserve
Managed by National Park Service
406 acres
Dogs usually limited
No trailhead mapped yet
DOutdoors
Outdoors in Pinewood Estates
Few parks or trails are on the map in Pinewood Estates
4% of Pinewood Estates’ land is conserved, about 294 acres.
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
294 acres · of 13.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Pinewood Estates have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pinewood Estates is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Pinewood Estates’ overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% 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 8%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Pinewood Estates’ 4% is ahead of 70% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Pinewood Estates. 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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
294 conserved acres
4% of Pinewood Estates’ land. Who manages Pinewood Estates’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
National Park Service294 ac
Other or Unknown Federal Land10 ac
Conservation Area · 283 acConservation Easement · 20 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 10 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Thicket National Preserve Conservation Area | National Park Service | 283 | Open |
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
4Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Pinewood Estates: April and May
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) | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 66 | 73 | 78 | 85 | 91 | 93 | 93 | 89 | 81 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
February is the driest month (3.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 6.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Pinewood Estates →
Questions about parks and trails in Pinewood Estates
How much of Pinewood Estates is conserved land?
4% 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 Pinewood Estates’ trails?
Big Thicket National Preserve doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Pinewood Estates?
32,506 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pinewood Estates or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 284 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Pinewood Estates have?
Ahead of 8% 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 Pinewood Estates 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 →