Few parks or trails are on the map in San Leon
2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.3 per 1,000 residents. 26% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.5 miles of mapped trail cross San Leon, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns · #549 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
How much outdoors does San Leon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, San Leon is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns, #549 of 642 in Texas. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so San Leon’s under 1% is ahead of 15% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 56% of them.
Water is 7% of San Leon’s area (0 of 5 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 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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2 conserved acres
under 1% of San Leon’s land. Water is left out: San Leon has 4.8 square miles of land and 0.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages San Leon’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Salle Park Local Recreation Area | Land trusts & nonprofits | 2 | Open |
1 places to go in San Leon
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1 campground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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 San Leon: 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) | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 65 | 70 | 76 | 82 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 87 | 80 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and August the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 6.2 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in San Leon →
San Leon and its neighbors
San Leon has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Leon | under 1% | 0.3 | under 1 | 26% | D |
| Texas City | 13% | 0.3 | 19 | 84% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in San Leon
How much of San Leon 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.
Is there public land near San Leon?
5,744 acres of parks and open public land lie inside San Leon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does San Leon have?
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #549 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 San Leon 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 →