Nutt-Trussell Building · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fordyce has 80 acres of parks, 24 for every 1,000 residents
0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Fordyce, 0.1 per square mile of land. 1% of Fordyce’s land is conserved, about 58 acres. 52% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns · #48 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Fordyce?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Fordyce have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fordyce is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns, #48 of 123 in Arkansas. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Fordyce’s 1% is ahead of 68% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 14% 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Fordyce City Park
58 conserved acres
1% of Fordyce’s land. Who manages Fordyce’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fordyce Parks And Rec Local Park | Town or city | 49 | Open |
| Hugh Benton Fields Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 8 | Open |
1 places to go in Fordyce
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.
22 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.
10 more on the History page.
The walking year in Fordyce
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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 82 | 89 | 92 | 91 | 86 | 75 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.8 |
September is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.0 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fordyce →
Questions about parks and trails in Fordyce
How much of Fordyce 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 Fordyce’s trails?
Fordyce Park & Recreation and Fordyce City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Fordyce?
85 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fordyce or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 80 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Fordyce have?
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #48 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 Fordyce 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 →