Franklin County Courthouse and Jail · Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Post
4.1 miles of mapped trail cross Post, 1.1 per square mile of land. 15% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 37 acres are parks and preserves, 8.5 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns · #390 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Post?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Post have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Post is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns, #390 of 642 in Texas. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Post’s 1% is ahead of 25% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 90% of them.
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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Post City Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
David Nichols Park
13 conserved acres
1% of Post’s land. Who manages Post’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 13 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
2 places to go in Post
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 16 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
April is the best month for walking in Post
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 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 61 | 69 | 78 | 85 | 93 | 95 | 94 | 86 | 77 | 65 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 3.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Post →
Questions about parks and trails in Post
Where can I hike in Post?
The longest trail networks: Post City Park, 0.4 miles; David Nichols Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Post 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 Post’s trails?
Post City Park and David Nichols Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Post?
471 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Post or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 37 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Post have?
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #390 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 Post 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 →