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Outdoors in Corning

Corning has 38 acres of parks, 12 for every 1,000 residents

2% of Corning’s land is conserved, about 35 acres. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Corning, 0.1 per square mile of land. 56% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns · #60 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
35 acres · of 3.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
38 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
56%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Corning?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Corning have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Corning is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns, #60 of 123 in Arkansas. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Corning’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 33%
LessMore
Arkansas towns of 2,500+ (123)Ahead of 52%

Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Corning’s 2% is ahead of 75% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 18% 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.

123
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.

Victory Lake Sports Complex

Park
25 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Wynne Park

Park
8 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Corning Pool Park

Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

35 conserved acres

2% of Corning’s land. Who manages Corning’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city35 ac
Local Recreation Area · 26 acLocal Park · 9 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Victory Lake Sports Complex
Local Recreation Area
Town or city26Open
Wynn Park
Local Park
Town or city9Open
Things to do

6 places to go in Corning

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

Playgrounds in Corning

6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
County Road 16610.1 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
5Baseball
4Tennis

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

History along the way

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.

History →
Sheeks HouseBuilding · listed 1975
About it
Oliver HouseBuilding · listed 1978
About it
Clay County Courthouse, Western DistrictBuilding · listed 2018
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Corning

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)465160717988908983735948
Rain (in)3.53.64.65.55.33.63.93.63.43.74.64.3

September is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.5 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Corning →

Questions about parks and trails in Corning

Where can I hike in Corning?

The longest trail networks: Wynne Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Corning 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 Corning’s trails?

Victory Lake Sports Complex and Wynne Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Corning?

643 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Corning or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 38 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Corning have?

Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #60 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 Corning 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 →