Poinsette County Fairgrounds
Park
25 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Harrisburg
Harrisburg has 35 acres of parks, 16 for every 1,000 residents
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Harrisburg, 0.1 per square mile of land. 64% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 2.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
35 ac
16 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
64%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Harrisburg?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Harrisburg have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Harrisburg is ahead of 27% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Harrisburg’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical AR town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · AR 0.2 · U.S. 0.4CPark land16 acres of park per 1,000 residents (35 acres) · AR 8 · U.S. 13BParks close to home64% of residents within a half mile of a park · AR 46% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 27%
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Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Harrisburg’s under 1% is ahead of 8% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 20% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Lawrence Reddman Municipal Park
Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
1Football
1Equestrian
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The walking year in Harrisburg
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 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 52 | 61 | 72 | 80 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 84 | 74 | 60 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
September is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Harrisburg →
Questions about parks and trails in Harrisburg
How much of Harrisburg 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 Harrisburg’s trails?
Poinsette County Fairgrounds and Lawrence Reddman Municipal Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Harrisburg?
189 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Harrisburg or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 35 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Harrisburg have?
Ahead of 27% 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 Harrisburg neighbors.
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Sources
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 →