Photo: Leaflet · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Ransom Canyon
6 acres are parks and preserves, 5.3 per 1,000 residents. 74% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Ransom Canyon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ransom Canyon is ahead of 15% 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 Ransom Canyon’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
Water is 16% of Ransom Canyon’s area (0 of 1 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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3 lakes & rivers
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 Ransom Canyon
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) | 10.2 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 84 | 92 | 93 | 92 | 85 | 76 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 2.8 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ransom Canyon →
Ransom Canyon and its neighbors
Ransom Canyon has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ransom Canyon | under 1% | under 0.1 | 5 | 74% | D |
| Buffalo Springs Lake | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Ransom Canyon
How much of Ransom Canyon 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 Ransom Canyon?
1,763 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ransom Canyon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Ransom Canyon have?
Ahead of 15% 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 Ransom Canyon 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 →