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Outdoors in Quintana

22% of Quintana’s land is conserved, and virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 22% of Quintana’s land is conserved, about 95 acres. 85 acres are parks and preserves, 4,699 per 1,000 residents.

Conserved land
22%
95 acres · of 0.7 sq mi of land
Trails
2.5 mi
3.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
85 ac
4,699 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
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
Who protects it

95 conserved acres

22% of Quintana’s land. Water is left out: Quintana has 0.7 square miles of land and 1.7 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Quintana’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County146 ac
Town or city29 ac
Joint3 ac
Not recorded5 ac
Conservation Easement · 92 acLocal Park · 87 acPrivate Park · 5 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 7 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Quintana Beach County Park
Local Park
County73Open
Quintana Xeriscape Park
Local Park
Town or city13Open
Unknown
Private Park
Not recorded5Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Quintana

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Quintana

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Unpaved · 0.5 mi
Mariner Cove0.1 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Quintana: April and May

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.511.111.912.813.614.013.813.212.311.410.710.3
High (°F)626570768287899087817265
Rain (in)3.92.52.93.24.25.04.15.16.74.73.73.7

February is the driest month (2.5 in) and August the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 6.7 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Quintana →

Next door

Quintana and its neighbors

Quintana has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Quintana— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Freeport15%0.22780%B+

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Quintana

Is there public land near Quintana?

577 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Quintana or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 85 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Quintana 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 →