Photo: Chris Litherland · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Glenwood
6% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Glenwood.
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Glenwood have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Glenwood is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. 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 Glenwood’s under 1% is ahead of 18% 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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6 conserved acres
under 1% of Glenwood’s land. Who manages Glenwood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouachita National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 6 | Open |
4 places to go in Glenwood
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 campground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
0.3 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Glenwood
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 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 52 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 88 | 92 | 92 | 85 | 75 | 63 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
August is the driest month (3.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Glenwood →
Questions about parks and trails in Glenwood
How much of Glenwood 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.
Where can I bike in Glenwood?
0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Glenwood?
61,112 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Glenwood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Glenwood have?
Ahead of 6% 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 Glenwood 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 →