Poteet Canyon Park
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Poteet
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Poteet
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Poteet, 0.1 per square mile of land. 2% of Poteet’s land is conserved, about 23 acres.
Ahead of 51% of U.S. towns · #259 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
23 acres · of 2.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
24 ac
8.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Poteet?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Poteet have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Poteet is ahead of 51% of U.S. towns, #259 of 642 in Texas. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Poteet’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4CPark land8.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (24 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 51%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 60%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Poteet’s 2% is ahead of 52% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 29% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B. 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.
Maxwell Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
23 conserved acres
2% of Poteet’s land. Who manages Poteet’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city45 ac
Conservation Easement · 22 acLocal Park · 22 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park And Pool Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Poteet Canyon Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Poteet Maxwell Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | 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
3Baseball
2Football
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 Poteet
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) | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 66 | 70 | 76 | 83 | 89 | 94 | 97 | 98 | 92 | 84 | 74 | 67 |
| Rain (in) | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
February is the driest month (1.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 98 °F). 3.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 98 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Poteet →
Questions about parks and trails in Poteet
How much of Poteet is conserved land?
2% 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 Poteet’s trails?
Poteet Canyon Park and Maxwell Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Poteet?
290 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Poteet or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 24 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Poteet have?
Ahead of 51% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #259 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 Poteet 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 →