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Troy Texas City Hall 2019Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Troy

Troy has 3 acres of parks, 1.0 for every 1,000 residents

0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Troy, 0.1 per square mile of land. 67% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns · #534 of 642 in Texas. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
3 acres · of 4.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
1.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
67%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Troy have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Troy is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns, #534 of 642 in Texas. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Troy’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 17%
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Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 17%

Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Troy’s under 1% is ahead of 12% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 26% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Troy. 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.

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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.

Trojan Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

3 conserved acres

under 1% of Troy’s land. Who manages Troy’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city5 ac
Local Park · 3 acConservation Easement · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Trojan Park
Local Park
Town or city3Open
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
1Football

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 Troy

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.311.011.912.913.714.214.013.312.311.310.510.1
High (°F)596370778491959690806961
Rain (in)2.82.43.23.04.93.52.02.83.34.02.92.9

July is the driest month (2.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Troy →

Questions about parks and trails in Troy

How much of Troy 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 Troy’s trails?

Trojan Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Troy?

3,627 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Troy or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Troy have?

Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #534 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 Troy neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →