Rister Park Playground
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Tye
Few parks or trails are on the map in Tye
31% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 12 acres are parks and preserves, 13 per 1,000 residents. 1.2 miles of mapped trail cross Tye, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 4.8 sq mi of land
Trails
1.2 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
12 ac
13 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
31%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Tye have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tye is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Tye’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TX town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land13 acres of park per 1,000 residents (12 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home31% 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 24%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Tye’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 51% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Tye. 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 C− 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Tye Town Playground
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
1 places to go in Tye
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Tye
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
1Basketball
1Baseball
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 Tye
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 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 58 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 85 | 92 | 96 | 95 | 88 | 78 | 67 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
January is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 3.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Tye →
Next door
Tye and its neighbors
Tye has the second 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tye | under 1% | 0.2 | 13 | 31% | C− |
| Abilene | 2% | 0.5 | 12 | 54% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Tye
How much of Tye 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 Tye’s trails?
Rister Park Playground and Tye Town Playground don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Tye?
1,346 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tye or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Tye have?
Ahead of 24% 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 Tye 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 →