1
Allen & William Arnold City/School Park
Park
20 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Pharr
Pharr, TX parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.2% of Pharr is conserved land, roughly 185 acres. There are about 5.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Allen & William Arnold City/School Park (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Pharr, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Pharr outdoors
Conserved land
1.2%
185 of 15,613 acres
Trails
5.0 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
7
2 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.3 mi
3.6 mi lanes · 5.7 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.
2
Pharr Vanguard Academy Nature & Birding Center
Park
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Jose "Pepe" Salinas Memorial Recreation Center
Managed by Pharr Parks & Recreation
6 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Lorenzo Lore Garcia Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Pharr
Showing 1–10 of 23 playgrounds
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Who protects the land
185 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis47
- Baseball19
- Basketball13
- Soccer9
- Football3
- Beach volleyball2
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Pharr
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 176 acRecreation or Education Easement 117 acConservation Easement 59 acLocal Recreation Area 6 acNational Wildlife Refuge 2 ac
Showing 1–10 of 14 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tierra Del Sol Golf ClubLocal Park | Town or city | 116 | Open |
| Jones Box ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| Pharr Sports ComplexLocal Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| Lorenzo "Lore" Garcia ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Victor Garcia Municipal ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Dr. Long ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Las Milpas ParkLocal Recreation Area | County | 6 | Open |
| Witten ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Pharr Aquatics CenterLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Memorial ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
Buell SchoolPlaque · 1990
City of PharrPlaque · 2004
First Baptist Church of PharrPlaque · 1995
First Pharr SchoolPlaque · 1985
Guadalupe CemeteryPlaque · 2007
Kiwanis Club of PharrPlaque · 1981
La Trinidad United Methodist Church of PharrPlaque · 2011
Louisiana-Rio Grande Canal CompanyPlaque · 1995
Old Pharr City HallPlaque · 1984
Pharr Volunteer Fire DepartmentPlaque · 2006
Nearby
Pharr and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharr | 1.2% | 5.0 mi | 7 |
| Lopezville | 1.9% | 0.1 mi | 1 |
| McAllen | 4.6% | 21.3 mi | 44 |
| San Juan | 1.1% | 4.3 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Pharr'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 22.8-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.