Walking Trail
Park
4 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Huntsville
Huntsville has 60 acres of parks, 19 for every 1,000 residents
1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Huntsville, 0.2 per square mile of land. 66% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns · #57 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 5.4 sq mi of land
Trails
1.0 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
60 ac
19 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
66%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.2 mi
2.2 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Huntsville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Huntsville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Huntsville is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns, #57 of 123 in Arkansas. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Huntsville’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical AR town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · AR 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land19 acres of park per 1,000 residents (60 acres) · AR 8 · U.S. 13BParks close to home66% 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 34%
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Arkansas towns of 2,500+ (123)Ahead of 54%
Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Huntsville’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 41% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B−. 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
The longest trail network is Walking Trail, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Huntsville Mitchusson Park
Park
54 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
2 places to go in Huntsville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Huntsville
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Edgewood Place0.5 mi
Biking & sports
2.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
2.2 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Baseball
1Football
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). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
June is the best month for walking in Huntsville
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 | 60 | 69 | 76 | 84 | 89 | 88 | 81 | 70 | 58 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Huntsville →
Questions about parks and trails in Huntsville
Where can I hike in Huntsville?
The longest trail networks: Walking Trail, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Huntsville 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 Huntsville’s trails?
Walking Trail and Huntsville Mitchusson Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Huntsville?
2.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Huntsville?
850 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Huntsville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 60 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Huntsville have?
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #57 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 Huntsville 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 →