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Outdoors in Centerton

Centerton has 5.9 miles of mapped trails, 0.4 for every square mile of land

71 acres are parks and preserves, 3.3 per 1,000 residents. 75% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns · #62 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
21 acres · of 14.3 sq mi of land
Trails
5.9 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
71 ac
3.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
75%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
4.9 mi
4.9 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
3
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Centerton have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Centerton is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns, #62 of 123 in Arkansas. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Centerton’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 33%
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Arkansas towns of 2,500+ (123)Ahead of 50%

Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Centerton’s under 1% is ahead of 25% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 74% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. 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.

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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.

Centerton Sportsplex

Park
23 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Lightning Soccer Park

Park
16 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Lake Centerton

Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

McKissick Springs Station Park

Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 7 parks & preserves
William Coffelt Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Centerton Sportsplex23 acres
Directions
Lightning Soccer Park16 acres
Lake Centerton10 acres
Directions
McKissick Springs Station Park9 acres
Directions
Harvest Park3 acres
Centerton City Park1 acres
Directions
Who protects it

21 conserved acres

under 1% of Centerton’s land. Who manages Centerton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Private owners15 ac
Town or city5 ac
Local Park · 20 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Lightning Soccer Park
Local Park
Private owners15Open
Harvest Park
Local Park
Town or city4Open
Centerton City Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

8 places to go in Centerton

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Dog parks in Centerton
Large Dogs
Directions
Small Dogs
Directions

Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Trails & water

3 lakes & rivers

Biking & sports

4.9 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

4.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
7Baseball
4Tracks
3Basketball
2Pickleball
1Football
1Softball
1Soccer

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

June is the best month for walking in Centerton

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.910.811.913.114.114.614.413.512.411.210.29.7
High (°F)475160697684898981715949
Rain (in)2.62.44.15.05.84.63.93.74.34.24.03.1

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.8 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Centerton →

Next door

Centerton and its neighbors

Centerton has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Centertonunder 1%0.4375%C
Bentonville4%1.33370%A−
Highfill1%under 0.133%D

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Centerton

How much of Centerton 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 Centerton’s trails?

Centerton Sportsplex and Lightning Soccer Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Centerton?

4.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 4.9 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Centerton?

4,506 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Centerton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 71 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Centerton have?

Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #62 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 Centerton 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 →