Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
246 acres0.5 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors in El Refugio
63% of El Refugio is wild, conserved land
There are about 1.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (0.5 mi).
Conserved land
63%
250 of 399 acres
Trails
1.1 mi
1.8 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
What kind of outdoors town is El Refugio?
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★ What stands out · The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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The longest trail network is Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
250 conserved acres
Who manages El Refugio’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service499 ac
National Wildlife Refuge · 499 ac
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 499 | Restricted |
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Conditions, parking and favorite walks from El Refugio neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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.