Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Des Arc
2.0 miles of mapped trail cross Des Arc, 1.0 per square mile of land. 1 acre is park or preserve, 0.4 per 1,000 residents. 38% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Des Arc?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Des Arc have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Des Arc is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Des Arc’s under 1% is ahead of 8% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 94% 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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1 places to go in Des Arc
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 boat launch 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.
8 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Des Arc
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 | 81 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 74 | 61 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
August is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Des Arc →
Questions about parks and trails in Des Arc
How much of Des Arc 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.
Is there public land near Des Arc?
1,006 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Des Arc or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Des Arc have?
Ahead of 23% 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 Des Arc 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 →