Fredonia Cemetery Historic Section · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Bald Knob has 70 acres of parks, 28 for every 1,000 residents
2.9 miles of mapped trail cross Bald Knob, 0.6 per square mile of land. 60% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns · #19 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Bald Knob?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Bald Knob have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bald Knob is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns, #19 of 123 in Arkansas. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Bald Knob’s 1% is ahead of 43% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 84% 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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20 conserved acres
1% of Bald Knob’s land. Who manages Bald Knob’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 11 | Restricted |
| Kenyetta Haynes Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
1 places to go in Bald Knob
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.
14 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
2 more on the History page.
The walking year in Bald Knob
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) | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 49 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 84 | 74 | 61 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.0 |
August is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bald Knob →
Questions about parks and trails in Bald Knob
How much of Bald Knob is conserved land?
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.
Is there public land near Bald Knob?
14,401 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bald Knob or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 70 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Bald Knob have?
Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #19 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 Bald Knob 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 →