Photo: US government · Public domainFew parks or trails are on the map in Val Verde Park
9 acres are parks and preserves, 2.9 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Val Verde Park, 0.5 per square mile of land. 2% of Val Verde Park’s land is conserved, about 9 acres.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns · #358 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
How much outdoors does Val Verde Park have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Val Verde Park is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns, #358 of 642 in Texas. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Val Verde Park’s 2% is ahead of 49% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 71% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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9 conserved acres
2% of Val Verde Park’s land. Who manages Val Verde Park’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
1 places to go in Val Verde Park
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
April is the best month for walking in Val Verde Park
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) | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 64 | 69 | 77 | 84 | 90 | 95 | 97 | 98 | 92 | 83 | 72 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
February is the driest month (0.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 98 °F). 2.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 98 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Val Verde Park →
Val Verde Park and its neighbors
Val Verde Park 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val Verde Park | 2% | 0.5 | 3 | 62% | C+ |
| Del Rio | 1% | 0.4 | 6 | 83% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Val Verde Park
How much of Val Verde Park is conserved land?
2% 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.
Is there public land near Val Verde Park?
4,818 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Val Verde Park or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Val Verde Park have?
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #358 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 Val Verde Park neighbors.
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 →