Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Yoakum
137 acres are parks and preserves, 23 per 1,000 residents. 5% of Yoakum’s land is conserved, about 156 acres. 53% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns · #339 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Yoakum?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Yoakum have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Yoakum is ahead of 40% of U.S. towns, #339 of 642 in Texas. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Texas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Yoakum’s 5% is ahead of 78% of Texas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% 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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156 conserved acres
5% of Yoakum’s land. Who manages Yoakum’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 135 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn St & Hickey St Local Park | Town or city | 20 | Open |
| Centennial Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
2 lakes & rivers
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.
4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 14 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
April is the best month for walking in Yoakum
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 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 86 | 92 | 95 | 96 | 91 | 83 | 73 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Yoakum →
Questions about parks and trails in Yoakum
How much of Yoakum is conserved land?
5% 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 Yoakum?
293 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Yoakum or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 156 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Yoakum have?
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #339 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 Yoakum 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 →