Photo: Texasfebruary2008_004.jpg: Bernardino Trevilla Langer CzechStopFFF2010_4kpx.jpg: Lm13700 Aerial_view_of_town_of_West,_TX_looking_northeast.jpg: HuecoBear derivative work: Jayb · CC BY-SA 3.0More than half of West’s land is conserved: 100%
100% of West’s land is conserved, about 1,088 acres. 94% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 24 acres are parks and preserves, 9.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 77% of U.S. towns · #79 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is West?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does West have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, West is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns, #79 of 642 in Texas. Conserved land holds 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 West’s 100% is ahead of 100% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 49% 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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1,088 conserved acres
100% of West’s land. Who manages West’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent University Fund State Resource Management Area | State land board | 1,088 | Closed |
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| West City Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
7 places to go in West
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 dog park 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.
The walking year in West
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) | 58 | 62 | 69 | 77 | 84 | 91 | 95 | 96 | 90 | 80 | 68 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
July is the driest month (1.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.8 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in West →
Questions about parks and trails in West
How much of West is conserved land?
100% 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 West?
4,400 acres of parks and open public land lie inside West or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 24 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does West have?
Ahead of 77% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #79 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 West 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 →