Painter Park
Park
4 acres0.4 mi of trail
Painter Park Walkway
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Sunray
97% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Sunray
0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Sunray, 0.5 per square mile of land. 21 acres are parks and preserves, 8.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 45% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
21 ac
8.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
97%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Sunray?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Sunray have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sunray is ahead of 45% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Sunray’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4BPark land8.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (21 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home97% 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 45%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Sunray’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 69% 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
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
The longest trail network is Painter Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Treasure Island Park
Park
13 acres0.2 mi of trail
Ball Field Walk
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Sunray Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
2 places to go in Sunray
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Sunray
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
2 named trails
Named trails
Unpaved · 0.8 mi
Painter Park Walkway0.5 mi
Ball Field Walk0.3 mi
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
4Baseball
2Tennis
1Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Sunray: 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) | 10.0 | 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 | 93 | 91 | 84 | 73 | 60 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 2.9 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Sunray →
Questions about parks and trails in Sunray
Where can I hike in Sunray?
The longest trail networks: Painter Park, 0.4 miles; Treasure Island Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Sunray 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 Sunray’s trails?
Painter Park and Treasure Island Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Sunray?
44 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sunray or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 21 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Sunray have?
Ahead of 45% 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 Sunray 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 →