Horseshoe Bend has 54 miles of mapped trails, 4.0 for every square mile of land
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Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns · #98 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Horseshoe Bend?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Horseshoe Bend have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Horseshoe Bend is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns, #98 of 123 in Arkansas. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Horseshoe Bend’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 100% of them.
Water is 9% of Horseshoe Bend’s area (1 of 15 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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2 places to go in Horseshoe Bend
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2 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
25 named trails and 6 lakes & rivers
15 more trails
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.
June is the best month for walking in Horseshoe Bend
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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 46 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 77 | 85 | 89 | 88 | 82 | 71 | 58 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
January is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.5 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Horseshoe Bend →
Questions about parks and trails in Horseshoe Bend
How much of Horseshoe Bend 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 Horseshoe Bend?
140 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Horseshoe Bend or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Horseshoe Bend have?
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #98 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 Horseshoe Bend 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 →