Photo: Chris Litherland · CC BY-SA 3.0El Dorado has 10 miles of mapped trails, 0.6 for every square mile of land
The biggest trail networks: Lions Club Park (5.5 mi). 241 acres are parks and preserves, 14 per 1,000 residents. 60% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns · #24 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is El Dorado?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does El Dorado have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, El Dorado is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns, #24 of 123 in Arkansas. 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 El Dorado’s 1% is ahead of 45% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 84% 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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Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Lions Club Park, with 5.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Mosby Park
Bozeman Park
All 10 parks & preserves
72 conserved acres
1% of El Dorado’s land. Who manages El Dorado’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lions Club Park Local Park | Town or city | 40 | Open |
| Mattocks Park Local Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| South Side Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Mosby Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Madison Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Neel Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Mitchell Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
1 places to go in El Dorado
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground 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.
29 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.
17 more on the History page.
May is the best month for walking in El Dorado
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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 89 | 93 | 93 | 87 | 77 | 65 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.8 |
September is the driest month (3.4 in) and August the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.8 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in El Dorado →
Questions about parks and trails in El Dorado
Where can I hike in El Dorado?
The longest trail networks: Lions Club Park, 5.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of El Dorado is conserved land?
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 El Dorado’s trails?
Lions Club Park and South Arkansas Arboretum don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near El Dorado?
323 acres of parks and open public land lie inside El Dorado or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 241 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does El Dorado have?
Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #24 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 El Dorado 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 →