Few parks or trails are on the map in Siesta Shores
84% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 2.8 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Siesta Shores?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Siesta Shores have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Siesta Shores is ahead of 20% 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 Siesta Shores’ 1% is ahead of 33% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
Water is more than half of Siesta Shores’ area (1 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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4 conserved acres
1% of Siesta Shores’ land. Water is left out: Siesta Shores has 0.7 square miles of land and 0.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Siesta Shores’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siesta Shores Park Local Park | County | 2 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Recreation Area | County | 2 | Open |
The walking year in Siesta Shores
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) | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.5 |
| High (°F) | 70 | 75 | 82 | 89 | 94 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 94 | 88 | 78 | 71 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
February is the driest month (0.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 100 °F). 4.3 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 100 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Siesta Shores →
Siesta Shores and its neighbors
Siesta Shores 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siesta Shores | 1% | under 0.1 | 3 | 84% | C− |
| Falcon Mesa | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Siesta Shores
How much of Siesta Shores is conserved land?
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 Siesta Shores?
217 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Siesta Shores or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Siesta Shores have?
Ahead of 20% 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 Siesta Shores 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 →