Few parks or trails are on the map in Sansom Park
81% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns · #587 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Sansom Park?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Sansom Park have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sansom Park is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns, #587 of 642 in Texas. The share of residents near a park holds 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 Sansom Park’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
April is the best month for walking in Sansom Park
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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 84 | 92 | 96 | 96 | 89 | 79 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
July is the driest month (2.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Sansom Park →
Sansom Park and its neighbors
Sansom Park 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sansom Park | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 81% | D |
| Lake Worth | 4% | under 0.1 | 14 | 99%+ | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Sansom Park
How much of Sansom Park 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 Sansom Park?
10,223 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sansom Park or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Sansom Park have?
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #587 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 Sansom Park 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 →