Few parks or trails are on the map in Richwood
82% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 21 acres are parks and preserves, 4.4 per 1,000 residents. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Richwood, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns · #431 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Richwood?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Richwood have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Richwood is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns, #431 of 642 in Texas. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Richwood’s 1% is ahead of 28% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 31% of them.
Water is 6% of Richwood’s area (0 of 5 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 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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18 conserved acres
1% of Richwood’s land. Water is left out: Richwood has 4.5 square miles of land and 0.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Richwood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 12 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Bobby Ford Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
1 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.
The best walking months in Richwood: 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.
| 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) | 64 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 89 | 82 | 73 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 3.9 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Richwood →
Richwood and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richwood | 1% | 0.1 | 4 | 82% | C |
| Clute | 2% | 0.2 | 7 | 97% | B− |
| Lake Jackson | 29% | 0.7 | 22 | 95% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Richwood
How much of Richwood 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 Richwood?
3,477 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Richwood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 21 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Richwood have?
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #431 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 Richwood 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 →