Walker House · Photo: Jim Evans · CC BY-SA 4.0Shoreacres has 11 acres of parks, 6.9 for every 1,000 residents
91% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Shoreacres, 0.1 per square mile of land. 2% of Shoreacres’ land is conserved, about 10 acres.
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Shoreacres?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Shoreacres have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Shoreacres is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Shoreacres’ 2% is ahead of 52% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 30% of them.
Water is 6% of Shoreacres’ area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
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.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
10 conserved acres
2% of Shoreacres’ land. Water is left out: Shoreacres has 0.9 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Shoreacres’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circle Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Miramar Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Heron Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
4 places to go in Shoreacres
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 boat launch without a name on the map.
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Shoreacres: 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 | 12.9 | 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 | 91 | 87 | 80 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
February is the driest month (3.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.9 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Shoreacres →
Shoreacres and its neighbors
Shoreacres 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreacres | 2% | 0.1 | 7 | 91% | C+ |
| La Porte | 2% | 0.7 | 7 | 86% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Shoreacres
How much of Shoreacres is conserved land?
2% 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 Shoreacres’ trails?
Circle Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Shoreacres?
7,261 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Shoreacres or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Shoreacres have?
Ahead of 41% 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 Shoreacres 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 →