Photo: Krelorian1917 · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Gosnell
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.4 per 1,000 residents. 43% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Gosnell, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns · #97 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
How much outdoors does Gosnell have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Gosnell is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns, #97 of 123 in Arkansas. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Gosnell’s under 1% is ahead of 16% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 63% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
1 conserved acres
under 1% of Gosnell’s land. Who manages Gosnell’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gosnell Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
1 places to go in Gosnell
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.
The walking year in Gosnell
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 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 80 | 88 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 60 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
September is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Gosnell →
Gosnell and its neighbors
Gosnell has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gosnell | under 1% | 0.3 | under 1 | 43% | C− |
| Blytheville | 1% | 1.3 | 17 | 65% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Gosnell
How much of Gosnell 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 Gosnell’s trails?
City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Gosnell?
11,034 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gosnell or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Gosnell have?
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #97 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 Gosnell 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 →