Park Street Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Sundown
Sundown has 95 acres of parks, 69 for every 1,000 residents
92% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 10% of Sundown’s land is conserved, about 96 acres.
Ahead of 66% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
10%
96 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
95 ac
69 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
92%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Sundown?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Sundown have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sundown is ahead of 66% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Sundown’s overall grade.
Conserved land10% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land69 acres of park per 1,000 residents (95 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home92% of residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 66%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Sundown’s 10% is ahead of 89% 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 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Sunset Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
96 conserved acres
10% of Sundown’s land. Who manages Sundown’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city105 ac
Not recorded86 ac
Recreation or Education Easement · 86 acLocal Recreation Area · 86 acLocal Park · 10 acConservation Easement · 10 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 8 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sundown Municipal Golf Course Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 86 | Open |
| Park Street Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Sunset Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Unknown 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
10Tennis
2Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Sundown: 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) | 10.2 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 84 | 92 | 93 | 91 | 84 | 75 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
February is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 2.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Sundown →
Questions about parks and trails in Sundown
How much of Sundown is conserved land?
10% 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 Sundown’s trails?
Park Street Park and Sunset Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Sundown?
37 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sundown or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 95 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Sundown have?
Ahead of 66% 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 Sundown 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 →