Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Ashdown
17% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.5 miles of mapped trail cross Ashdown, 0.2 per square mile of land. 46 acres are parks and preserves, 11 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns · #94 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Ashdown?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Ashdown have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ashdown is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns, #94 of 123 in Arkansas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Ashdown’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 46% 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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Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Ashdown City Park, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
1 places to go in Ashdown
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground 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.
7 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
April is the best month for walking in Ashdown
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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 89 | 93 | 93 | 87 | 76 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
August is the driest month (3.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ashdown →
Questions about parks and trails in Ashdown
Where can I hike in Ashdown?
The longest trail networks: Ashdown City Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Ashdown is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 1% for an Arkansas town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Ashdown’s trails?
Ashdown City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Ashdown?
10,961 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ashdown or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 46 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Ashdown have?
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #94 of 123 in Arkansas. 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 Ashdown 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 →