Few parks or trails are on the map in Rio Hondo
14 acres are parks and preserves, 7.3 per 1,000 residents. 47% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Rio Hondo, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Rio Hondo have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rio Hondo is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Rio Hondo’s 1% is ahead of 36% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 55% of them.
Water is 7% of Rio Hondo’s area (0 of 2 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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Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Rio Hondo County Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
10 conserved acres
1% of Rio Hondo’s land. Water is left out: Rio Hondo has 1.7 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Rio Hondo’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Hondo Community Park Local Recreation Area | County | 10 | Open |
1 places to go in Rio Hondo
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
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 Rio Hondo
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 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.5 |
| High (°F) | 71 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 92 | 87 | 79 | 73 |
| Rain (in) | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
February is the driest month (1.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 5.3 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Rio Hondo →
Questions about parks and trails in Rio Hondo
Where can I hike in Rio Hondo?
The longest trail networks: Rio Hondo County Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Rio Hondo 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.
Are dogs allowed on Rio Hondo’s trails?
Rio Hondo County Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Rio Hondo?
812 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rio Hondo or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 14 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Rio Hondo have?
Ahead of 31% 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 Rio Hondo 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 →