Robert Atlas Harper House · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Greenwood has 106 acres of parks, 11 for every 1,000 residents
1.7 miles of mapped trail cross Greenwood, 0.1 per square mile of land. 68% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns · #49 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Greenwood?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Greenwood have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Greenwood is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns, #49 of 123 in Arkansas. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Greenwood’s 1% is ahead of 59% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 33% 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.
Ossie Louise Park
Liberty Park
All 7 parks & preserves
67 conserved acres
1% of Greenwood’s land. Who manages Greenwood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Park Local Park | Town or city | 55 | Open |
| Liberty Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Ossie Louise Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Burgess Park Local Park | County | 1 | Open |
| Veterans Memorial Square Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Eagle Scout Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
5 places to go in Greenwood
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 named trail
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.
5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The walking year in Greenwood
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 | 93 | 92 | 85 | 75 | 62 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 6.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Greenwood →
Questions about parks and trails in Greenwood
How much of Greenwood 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 Greenwood’s trails?
Bell Park and Sebastian County Fairgrounds don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Greenwood?
3,695 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Greenwood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 106 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Greenwood have?
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #49 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 Greenwood 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 →