Dover City Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Photolitherland Chris Litherland · CC BY 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Dover
Dover has 33 acres of parks, 19 for every 1,000 residents
75% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
2 acres · of 2.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
33 ac
19 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
75%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
482 ft
College Hill
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Dover have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dover is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Dover’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical AR town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · AR 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land19 acres of park per 1,000 residents (33 acres) · AR 8 · U.S. 13BParks close to home75% of residents within a half mile of a park · AR 46% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 26%
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Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Dover’s under 1% is ahead of 15% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 2% 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.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Ozark-Saint Francis National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
2 conserved acres
under 1% of Dover’s land. Who manages Dover’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service2 ac
National Forest · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ozark National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 2 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Dover
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Dover
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Peaks in Dover
College Hill482 ft elevation
DirectionsBiking & 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
1Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Dover
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 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 88 | 92 | 92 | 85 | 74 | 61 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.2 |
February is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dover →
Questions about parks and trails in Dover
How much of Dover 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 Dover’s trails?
Dover City Park and Ozark-Saint Francis National Forest don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Dover?
29,896 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dover or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 35 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Dover have?
Ahead of 26% 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 Dover 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 →