Gregory Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
DOutdoors
Outdoors in Stowell
Few parks or trails are on the map in Stowell
3 acres are parks and preserves, 1.6 per 1,000 residents. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Stowell. 40% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
23 acres · of 10.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
1.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
40%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Stowell have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Stowell is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Stowell’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land1.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (3 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home40% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 13%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Stowell’s under 1% is ahead of 23% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 20% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Stowell. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
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.
Who protects it
23 conserved acres
under 1% of Stowell’s land. Who manages Stowell’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service42 ac
County2 ac
Federal Other or Unknown · 42 acConservation Easement · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Federal Other or Unknown | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 42 | Restricted |
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
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
2Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Stowell: 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 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 63 | 66 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 81 | 72 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
February is the driest month (3.3 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.3 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Stowell →
Next door
Stowell and its neighbors
Stowell has the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stowell | under 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 40% | D |
| Winnie | 2% | 0.1 | 18 | 44% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Stowell
How much of Stowell 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.
Are dogs allowed on Stowell’s trails?
Gregory Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Stowell?
310 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Stowell or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Stowell have?
Ahead of 13% 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 Stowell 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 →