J. T. Jecker House · Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Quail Creek
88% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 12 acres are parks and preserves, 7.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Quail Creek?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Quail Creek have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Quail Creek is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Quail Creek’s 1% is ahead of 29% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% 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
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13 conserved acres
1% of Quail Creek’s land. Who manages Quail Creek’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Regional agency | 13 | Open |
April is the best month for walking in Quail Creek
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 | 75 | 81 | 87 | 93 | 95 | 96 | 91 | 84 | 75 | 68 |
| Rain (in) | 2.6 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Quail Creek →
Questions about parks and trails in Quail Creek
How much of Quail Creek 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.
Is there public land near Quail Creek?
1,235 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Quail Creek or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Quail Creek have?
Ahead of 26% 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 Quail Creek 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 →