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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in DeWitt

DeWitt has 60 acres of parks, 21 for every 1,000 residents

The biggest trail networks: DeWitt City Park (1 mi). 23% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.2 miles of mapped trail cross DeWitt, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns · #28 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
59 acres · of 3.0 sq mi of land
Trails
1.2 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
60 ac
21 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
23%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is DeWitt?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does DeWitt have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, DeWitt is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns, #28 of 123 in Arkansas. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of DeWitt’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 47%
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Arkansas towns of 2,500+ (123)Ahead of 78%

Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so DeWitt’s 3% is ahead of 88% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 71% 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.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is DeWitt City Park, with 1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

DeWitt City Park

Park
37 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

59 conserved acres

3% of DeWitt’s land. Who manages DeWitt’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city59 ac
Local Park · 47 acLocal Recreation Area · 11 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
City Park
Local Park
Town or city47Open
Ball Fields
Local Recreation Area
Town or city11Open
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
1Football

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

History along the way

9 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Halliburton HouseBuilding · listed 1974
About it
First United Methodist ChurchBuilding · listed 1992
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Arkansas County Courthouse-Southern DistrictBuilding · listed 1992
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DeWitt Post OfficeBuilding · listed 1998
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DeWitt Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2010
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Maxwell Street BridgeStructure · listed 2011
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North Jackson Street BridgeStructure · listed 2011
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Black, L.A., Rice Milling Association Inc. OfficeBuilding · listed 2013
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North Washington Street BridgeStructure · listed 2014
About it
When to get out

May is the best month for walking in DeWitt

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)10.110.911.913.013.914.414.213.412.311.310.39.9
High (°F)515564738188919186756353
Rain (in)4.14.45.25.54.73.53.33.22.94.24.35.2

September 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 DeWitt →

Questions about parks and trails in DeWitt

Where can I hike in DeWitt?

The longest trail networks: DeWitt City Park, 1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of DeWitt is conserved land?

3% 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 DeWitt’s trails?

DeWitt City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near DeWitt?

57 acres of parks and open public land lie inside DeWitt or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 60 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does DeWitt have?

Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #28 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 DeWitt 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 →