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Outdoors in Robinson

Few parks or trails are on the map in Robinson

The biggest trail networks: Robinson City Park (0.6 mi). 12% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 21 acres are parks and preserves, 1.7 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns · #595 of 642 in Texas. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
9 acres · of 30.6 sq mi of land
Trails
4.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
21 ac
1.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
12%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
9
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Robinson have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Robinson is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns, #595 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Robinson’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 9%
LessMore
Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 7%

Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Robinson’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 36% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Robinson. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would still be D. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Robinson City Park, with 0.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Robinson City Park

Park
8 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

J. H. Youngblood Park

Park
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

9 conserved acres

under 1% of Robinson’s land. Who manages Robinson’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city19 ac
Local Park · 9 acConservation Easement · 9 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Youngblood Park
Local Park
Town or city9Open
Things to do

17 places to go in Robinson

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

Playgrounds in Robinson
elementary playground
Directions

Plus 16 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

9 lakes & rivers

Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
13Tennis
13Baseball
2Basketball
1Soccer
1Football
1Volleyball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Robinson

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)10.311.011.912.913.714.214.013.312.311.310.510.1
High (°F)596370778492959690816961
Rain (in)2.72.73.43.34.63.61.92.43.14.22.93.0

July is the driest month (1.9 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Robinson →

Next door

Robinson and its neighbors

Robinson has the second most mapped trails of the 3 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
Robinsonunder 1%0.1212%D
Waco27%0.65275%A
Hewitt1%0.3758%C

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

Questions about parks and trails in Robinson

Where can I hike in Robinson?

The longest trail networks: Robinson City Park, 0.6 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Robinson 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.

Are dogs allowed on Robinson’s trails?

Robinson City Park and J. H. Youngblood Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Robinson?

7,928 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Robinson or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 21 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Robinson have?

Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #595 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 Robinson 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 →