Earl King Park
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Calico Rock
Calico Rock has 44 acres of parks, 25 for every 1,000 residents
0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Calico Rock, 0.2 per square mile of land. 62% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 4.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
44 ac
25 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
62%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Calico Rock?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Calico Rock have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Calico Rock is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Calico Rock’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical AR town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · AR 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land25 acres of park per 1,000 residents (44 acres) · AR 8 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home62% of residents within a half mile of a park · AR 46% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 35%
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Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Calico Rock’s under 1% is ahead of 8% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 41% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
2 places to go in Calico Rock
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Calico Rock
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Picnic areas in Calico Rock
Rand Park
DirectionsTrails & water
2 named trails
Named trails
Unpaved · 0.8 mi
Rand Park Walking Path0.4 mi
Rand Park Hiking Trail0.4 mi
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
4Baseball
1Equestrian
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 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.
When to get out
The walking year in Calico Rock
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 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 48 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 78 | 86 | 90 | 90 | 83 | 72 | 60 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
January is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.3 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Calico Rock →
Questions about parks and trails in Calico Rock
How much of Calico Rock 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 Calico Rock’s trails?
Earl King Park and Calico Rock City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Calico Rock?
10,356 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Calico Rock or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 44 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Calico Rock have?
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Calico Rock neighbors.
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Sources
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 →