Chiver's Park
Park
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Cumberland Presbyterian Church · Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 4.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Clarendon
95% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Clarendon
2% of Clarendon’s land is conserved, about 21 acres. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Clarendon, 0.2 per square mile of land. 18 acres are parks and preserves, 9.9 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 52% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
21 acres · of 1.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
18 ac
9.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
95%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Clarendon?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Clarendon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Clarendon is ahead of 52% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Clarendon’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical AR town 1% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · AR 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land9.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (18 acres) · AR 8 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home95% of residents within a half mile of a park · AR 46% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 52%
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Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Clarendon’s 2% is ahead of 82% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 49% of them.
Water is 9% of Clarendon’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
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.
Who protects it
21 conserved acres
2% of Clarendon’s land. Water is left out: Clarendon has 1.7 square miles of land and 0.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Clarendon’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service43 ac
National Wildlife Refuge · 43 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 36 | Restricted |
| Cache River National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 7 | Restricted |
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
3Baseball
1Skate park
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →21 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.
Cumberland Presbyterian ChurchBuilding · listed 1976
About itMonroe County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1976
About itEllas-McKay HouseBuilding · listed 1978
About itOrth C. Galloway HouseBuilding · listed 1980
About itMerchants and Planters BankBuilding · listed 1982
About itMoore-Jacobs HouseBuilding · listed 1983
About itBank of ClarendonBuilding · listed 1984
About itBateman-Griffith HouseBuilding · listed 1984
About itBondi Brothers StoreBuilding · listed 1984
About itJefferies-Craptree HouseBuilding · listed 1984
About itManning, Lee and Moore Law OfficeBuilding · listed 1984
About itMarston HouseBuilding · listed 1984
About it9 more on the History page.
When to get out
The walking year in Clarendon
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 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 49 | 55 | 63 | 73 | 81 | 88 | 91 | 91 | 85 | 75 | 62 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
August is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.5 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Clarendon →
Questions about parks and trails in Clarendon
How much of Clarendon is conserved land?
2% 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 Clarendon’s trails?
Chiver's Park and Donald Branch Fishing Hole Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Clarendon?
43 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Clarendon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 18 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Clarendon have?
Ahead of 52% 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 Clarendon 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 →