San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
319 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Photo: Djmaschek · CC BY-SA 4.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Sargent
Sargent has 6.8 miles of mapped trails, 0.9 for every square mile of land
2% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2 acres are parks and preserves, 1.2 per 1,000 residents. 3% of Sargent’s land is conserved, about 162 acres.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
162 acres · of 7.5 sq mi of land
Trails
6.8 mi
0.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
1.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
2%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
1 boat launch
What kind of outdoors town is Sargent?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Sargent have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sargent is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Sargent’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (7 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land1.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home2% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 31%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Sargent’s 3% is ahead of 69% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 87% of them.
Water is 13% of Sargent’s area (1 of 9 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 3%.
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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Chamber Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
162 conserved acres
3% of Sargent’s land. Water is left out: Sargent has 7.5 square miles of land and 1.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Sargent’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service324 ac
National Wildlife Refuge · 324 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 324 | Restricted |
Things to do
1 places to go in Sargent
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in Sargent
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
4 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
County Road 2331.1 mi
County Road 2341.0 mi
County Road 2530.2 mi
County Road 2440.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out
The best walking months in Sargent: 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 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 64 | 67 | 72 | 77 | 83 | 88 | 90 | 91 | 88 | 82 | 73 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
February is the driest month (2.4 in) and August the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 6.3 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Sargent →
Questions about parks and trails in Sargent
How much of Sargent is conserved land?
3% 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 Sargent’s trails?
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge and Chamber Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Sargent?
7 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sargent or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Sargent have?
Ahead of 31% 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 Sargent 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 →