Pazdral Park
Managed by City of Somerville
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
BOutdoors
Outdoors in Somerville
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Somerville
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 23 acres are parks and preserves, 20 per 1,000 residents. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Somerville, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 61% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
13 acres · of 2.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
23 ac
20 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Somerville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Somerville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Somerville is ahead of 61% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Somerville’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land20 acres of park per 1,000 residents (23 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13BParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 61%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Somerville’s 1% is ahead of 29% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 56% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A−. 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
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Foye Family Basketball Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
13 conserved acres
1% of Somerville’s land. Who manages Somerville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Army Corps of Engineers26 ac
Recreation or Education Easement · 13 acRecreation Management Area · 13 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerville Recreation Area Recreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 13 | Open |
Trails & water
3 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
East Avenue C0.2 mi
Guillen Alley0.1 mi
Avenue C0.1 mi
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
6Tennis
4Baseball
1Football
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Somerville
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 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 66 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 92 | 95 | 96 | 91 | 82 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
July is the driest month (2.2 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Somerville →
Questions about parks and trails in Somerville
How much of Somerville 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.
Are dogs allowed on Somerville’s trails?
Pazdral Park and Foye Family Basketball Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Somerville?
13,477 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Somerville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 23 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Somerville have?
Ahead of 61% 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 Somerville 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 →