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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Rollingwood

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Rollingwood

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 2% of Rollingwood’s land is conserved, about 10 acres. 15 acres are parks and preserves, 12 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
10 acres · of 0.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
15 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Rollingwood?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Rollingwood have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rollingwood is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Rollingwood’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 47%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Rollingwood’s 2% is ahead of 61% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Rollingwood. 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 range from C to B+. 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.

1
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Rollingwood Municipal Park

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

10 conserved acres

2% of Rollingwood’s land. Who manages Rollingwood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city25 ac
Local Park · 16 acConservation Easement · 9 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Rollingwood Park
Local Park
Town or city9Open
Rollingwood Minicipal Park
Local Park
Town or city7Open
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
4Basketball
2Baseball
2Tennis

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 Rollingwood

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)10.411.111.912.913.714.113.913.212.311.410.610.2
High (°F)636673808793969791827164
Rain (in)2.52.12.72.74.63.42.12.43.54.22.82.6

February is the driest month (2.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 4.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Rollingwood →

Next door

Rollingwood and its neighbors

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
Rollingwood2%under 0.11299%+B−
Austin19%1.61989%A
West Lake Hills3%0.2under 132%C−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Rollingwood

How much of Rollingwood is conserved land?

2% 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 Rollingwood’s trails?

Rollingwood Municipal Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Rollingwood?

19,213 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rollingwood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 15 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Rollingwood have?

Ahead of 47% 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 Rollingwood 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 →