More than half of Point Venture’s land is conserved: 100%
100% of Point Venture’s land is conserved, about 921 acres. 2.4 miles of mapped trail cross Point Venture, 2.8 per square mile of land. 35% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 65% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Point Venture?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Point Venture have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Point Venture is ahead of 65% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Point Venture’s 100% is ahead of 100% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 98% of them.
Water is more than half of Point Venture’s area (1 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 83%.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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921 conserved acres
100% of Point Venture’s land. Water is left out: Point Venture has 0.9 square miles of land and 0.9 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Point Venture’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Travis Private Recreation or Education | Land trusts & nonprofits | 920 | Closed |
April is the best month for walking in Point Venture
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 | 80 | 86 | 93 | 96 | 97 | 91 | 82 | 71 | 63 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
February is the driest month (2.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 4.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Point Venture →
Point Venture and its neighbors
Point Venture has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point Venture | 100% | 2.8 | under 1 | 35% | B |
| Lakeway | 9% | 2.1 | 25 | 74% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Point Venture
How much of Point Venture is conserved land?
100% 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.
Is there public land near Point Venture?
15,102 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Point Venture or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Point Venture have?
Ahead of 65% 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 Point Venture neighbors.
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 →