Arkansas Ordnance Plant Guard House · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Gibson
0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Gibson, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns · #119 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
How much outdoors does Gibson have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Gibson is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns, #119 of 123 in Arkansas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Gibson’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 42% 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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1 places to go in Gibson
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 named trail
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Gibson
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) | 51 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 88 | 92 | 92 | 85 | 75 | 62 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
September is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.7 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Gibson →
Gibson and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson | under 1% | 0.2 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Sherwood | 1% | 0.4 | 7 | 67% | C+ |
| North Little Rock | 5% | 0.7 | 37 | 69% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Gibson
How much of Gibson 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.
Is there public land near Gibson?
4,831 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gibson or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Gibson have?
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #119 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 Gibson 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 →