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Silvia Vela Park
Managed by City of Alton
13 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Alton
Alton, TX parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.1% of Alton is conserved land, roughly 54 acres. There are about 1.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Silvia Vela Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Alton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Alton outdoors
Conserved land
1.1%
54 of 4,831 acres
Trails
1.4 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
3 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Alton
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Silvia Vela Park
Who protects the land
54 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball7
- Baseball5
- Tennis4
- Soccer2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Alton
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 38 acLocal Park 38 acRecreation or Education Easement 15 acLocal Recreation Area 15 acLocal Other or Unknown 1 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josefa Garcia ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 29 | Open |
| Silvya Vela ParkLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Palm Lake Estate ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| SSG Bradley Espinoza Ball ParkLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Recreation CenterLocal Other or Unknown | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Nearby
Alton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alton | 1.1% | 1.4 mi | 1 |
| McAllen | 4.6% | 21.3 mi | 44 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Alton's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.