Rocket Slide Park
Managed by City of Spearman
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Barbara Brannon · CC BY 2.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Spearman
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Spearman
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 20 acres are parks and preserves, 6.9 per 1,000 residents. 1% of Spearman’s land is conserved, about 19 acres.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns · #377 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
19 acres · of 2.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
20 ac
6.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Spearman?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Spearman have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Spearman is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns, #377 of 642 in Texas. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Spearman’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land6.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (20 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13C+Parks 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 35%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 41%
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Spearman’s 1% is ahead of 44% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
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.
Womble Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
19 conserved acres
1% of Spearman’s land. Who manages Spearman’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city30 ac
Conservation Easement · 19 acLocal Park · 11 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 8 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaycee Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| City Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Womble Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Eska Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Spearman Skatepark Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
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
2Baseball
1Skate park
1Football
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 6 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
Hansford County CourthouseBuilding · listed 2019
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Spearman: 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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 80 | 90 | 94 | 92 | 84 | 73 | 60 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 3.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Spearman →
Questions about parks and trails in Spearman
How much of Spearman 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 Spearman’s trails?
Rocket Slide Park and Womble Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Spearman?
164 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Spearman or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 20 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Spearman have?
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #377 of 642 in Texas. 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 Spearman 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 →