Robert Wilson Baseball Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Valley Mills
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Valley Mills
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 4.3 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Valley Mills, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 39% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
5 ac
4.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Valley Mills?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Valley Mills have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Valley Mills is ahead of 39% 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 Valley Mills’ 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 (0 mi) · TX 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land4.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (5 acres) · TX 9 · U.S. 13CParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · TX 69% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 39%
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Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Valley Mills’ under 1% is ahead of 6% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 51% 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Santa Fe Park
Park
2 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
3 places to go in Valley Mills
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Valley Mills
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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
2Tennis
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 Valley Mills
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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 59 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 92 | 95 | 96 | 90 | 80 | 68 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
July is the driest month (2.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Valley Mills →
Questions about parks and trails in Valley Mills
Where can I hike in Valley Mills?
The longest trail networks: Santa Fe Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Valley Mills 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 Valley Mills’ trails?
Robert Wilson Baseball Park and Santa Fe Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Valley Mills?
1,569 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Valley Mills or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Valley Mills have?
Ahead of 39% 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 Valley Mills 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 →