Few parks or trails are on the map in Seth Ward
0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Seth Ward, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Seth Ward have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Seth Ward is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Seth Ward’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 42% 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
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1 named trail
April is the best month for walking in Seth Ward
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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 82 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 84 | 74 | 62 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
February is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 2.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Seth Ward →
Seth Ward and its neighbors
Seth Ward 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Ward | under 1% | 0.2 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Plainview | 5% | 0.3 | 25 | 90% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Seth Ward
How much of Seth Ward 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 Seth Ward?
488 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Seth Ward or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Seth Ward have?
Ahead of 6% 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 Seth Ward 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 →