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Sign outside of city hall in downtown Flippin advertising local events. (19179762075)Photo: USEPA Environmental-Protection-Agency · Public domain
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Flippin

Flippin has 23 acres of parks, 17 for every 1,000 residents

The biggest trail networks: Hickey Park (0.9 mi). 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Flippin, 0.5 per square mile of land. 70% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
23 ac
17 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
70%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Flippin have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Flippin is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Flippin’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 42%
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Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Flippin’s under 1% is ahead of 8% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 81% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Flippin. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on 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 Hickey Park, with 0.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Hickey Park

Park
24 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Things to do

4 places to go in Flippin

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Flippin

4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

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
4Baseball
1Tennis
1Basketball
1Softball

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

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
Flippin City JailBuilding · listed 2023
About it
When to get out

June is the best month for walking in Flippin

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)9.910.811.913.114.114.614.413.512.411.210.29.7
High (°F)475261717886909083726050
Rain (in)2.92.94.45.05.33.63.63.43.63.74.33.5

February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Flippin →

Questions about parks and trails in Flippin

Where can I hike in Flippin?

The longest trail networks: Hickey Park, 0.9 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Flippin 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 Flippin’s trails?

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

Is there public land near Flippin?

9,313 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Flippin or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 23 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Flippin have?

Ahead of 42% 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 Flippin 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 →