Santa Fe Girls Softball
Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Nsaum75 · CC BY-SA 3.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Santa Fe
Few parks or trails are on the map in Santa Fe
0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Santa Fe. 36 acres are parks and preserves, 2.8 per 1,000 residents. 21% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns · #588 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
39 acres · of 17.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
36 ac
2.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
21%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Santa Fe have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Santa Fe is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns, #588 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Santa Fe’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land2.8 acres of park per 1,000 residents (36 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home21% 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 10%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 8%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Santa Fe’s under 1% is ahead of 23% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 15% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Santa Fe. 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.
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
39 conserved acres
under 1% of Santa Fe’s land. Who manages Santa Fe’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County41 ac
Town or city26 ac
Private owners11 ac
Conservation Easement · 30 acLocal Park · 29 acLocal Recreation Area · 10 acRecreation or Education Easement · 10 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Runge Park Local Recreation Area | County | 21 | Open |
| Joe Tamberello (Library) Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Haylee Park (Detention/Park) Local Park | Private owners | 4 | Open |
| Webber Center Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Castle Estates Local Park | Private owners | 1 | Open |
| Mae Bruce Annex Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Santa Fe Trails Local Park | Private owners | 1 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Santa Fe
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Santa Fe
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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
11Baseball
4Tennis
1Football
1Soccer
1Basketball
1Multi-sport
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 8 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
Christensen CastleBuilding · listed 2025
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Santa Fe: 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) | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 64 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 84 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 89 | 82 | 72 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 4.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.1 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Santa Fe →
Next door
Santa Fe and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Santa Fe
How much of Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe’s trails?
Santa Fe Girls Softball and Runge Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Santa Fe?
4,451 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Santa Fe or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 53 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Santa Fe have?
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #588 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 Santa Fe 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 →