Twin Dikes Park
Park
18 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors in Sam Rayburn
40% of Sam Rayburn’s land is conserved: 2,150 acres
563 acres are parks and preserves, 412 per 1,000 residents. 5.0 miles of mapped trail cross Sam Rayburn, 0.6 per square mile of land. 33% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 84% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
40%
2,150 acres · of 8.4 sq mi of land
Trails
5.0 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
563 ac
412 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
33%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
3
What kind of outdoors town is Sam Rayburn?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Sam Rayburn have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sam Rayburn is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Sam Rayburn’s overall grade.
Conserved land40% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%A+Trails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (5 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land412 acres of park per 1,000 residents (563 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13AParks close to home33% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 84%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Sam Rayburn’s 40% is ahead of 99% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 76% of them.
Water is 15% of Sam Rayburn’s area (1 of 10 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 34%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A. 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.
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.
Who protects it
2,150 conserved acres
40% of Sam Rayburn’s land. Water is left out: Sam Rayburn has 8.4 square miles of land and 1.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Sam Rayburn’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Army Corps of Engineers1,606 ac
Other state land1,089 ac
Recreation Management Area · 1,606 acPrivate Park · 544 acConservation Easement · 544 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Rayburn Recreation Area Recreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 1,606 | Open |
| Longleaf Ridge Private Park | Other state land | 544 | Open |
Trails & water
3 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
2Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Sam Rayburn: 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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 93 | 94 | 89 | 80 | 70 | 62 |
| Rain (in) | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
July is the driest month (3.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.5 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Sam Rayburn →
Questions about parks and trails in Sam Rayburn
How much of Sam Rayburn is conserved land?
40% 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 Sam Rayburn’s trails?
Twin Dikes Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Sam Rayburn?
36,868 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sam Rayburn or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,228 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Sam Rayburn have?
Ahead of 84% 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 Sam Rayburn 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 →