Few parks or trails are on the map in Rancho Viejo
1.7 miles of mapped trail cross Rancho Viejo, 0.8 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns · #575 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Rancho Viejo?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Rancho Viejo have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rancho Viejo is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns, #575 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 Rancho Viejo’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 85% of them.
Water is 11% of Rancho Viejo’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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1 places to go in Rancho Viejo
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 named trail
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.
April is the best month for walking in Rancho Viejo
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) | 10.7 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.5 |
| High (°F) | 71 | 76 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 94 | 95 | 97 | 92 | 87 | 79 | 73 |
| Rain (in) | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
February is the driest month (1.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 5.4 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Rancho Viejo →
Questions about parks and trails in Rancho Viejo
How much of Rancho Viejo is conserved land?
under 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 Rancho Viejo?
2,249 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rancho Viejo or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Rancho Viejo have?
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #575 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 Rancho Viejo 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 →