Earle Recreation Complex
Park
6 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Earle High School, Old · Photo: Kdwaits · CC BY-SA 4.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Earle
95% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Earle
11 acres are parks and preserves, 6.9 per 1,000 residents. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Earle, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 3.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
11 ac
6.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
95%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Earle?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Earle have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Earle is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Earle’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical AR town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · AR 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land6.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (11 acres) · AR 8 · U.S. 13C+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 38%
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Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Earle’s under 1% is ahead of 8% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 58% 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.
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 Earle Recreation Complex, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Earle Community Center Walking Trail
Park
2 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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
2Tennis
1Basketball
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The walking year in Earle
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 | 53 | 62 | 73 | 81 | 89 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 74 | 61 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
September is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.7 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Earle →
Questions about parks and trails in Earle
Where can I hike in Earle?
The longest trail networks: Earle Recreation Complex, 0.2 miles; Earle Community Center Walking Trail, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Earle 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 Earle’s trails?
Earle Recreation Complex and Earle Community Center Walking Trail don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Earle?
124 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Earle or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Earle have?
Ahead of 38% 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 Earle 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 →