Friendship Park
Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Pottsboro
Pottsboro has 48 acres of parks, 18 for every 1,000 residents
77% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Pottsboro’s land is conserved, about 40 acres.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns · #367 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
40 acres · of 3.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
48 ac
18 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
77%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Pottsboro have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pottsboro is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns, #367 of 642 in Texas. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Pottsboro’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land18 acres of park per 1,000 residents (48 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13BParks close to home77% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 36%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 43%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Pottsboro’s 2% is ahead of 54% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% 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
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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Pottsboro Baseball Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
40 conserved acres
2% of Pottsboro’s land. Who manages Pottsboro’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city80 ac
Conservation Easement · 40 acLocal Park · 40 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| James G. Thompson Park Local Park | Town or city | 35 | Open |
| Friendship 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
4Baseball
1Football
1Softball
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 Pottsboro
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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 89 | 94 | 94 | 87 | 76 | 64 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
January is the driest month (2.3 in) and August the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Pottsboro →
Questions about parks and trails in Pottsboro
How much of Pottsboro 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 Pottsboro’s trails?
Friendship Park and Pottsboro Baseball Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Pottsboro?
4,085 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pottsboro or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 48 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Pottsboro have?
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #367 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 Pottsboro 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 →