Van Lyell House · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Lake Hamilton
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.7 per 1,000 residents. 16% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Lake Hamilton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lake Hamilton is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Lake Hamilton’s under 1% is ahead of 20% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 2% of them.
Water is 48% of Lake Hamilton’s area (2 of 4 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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1 conserved acres
under 1% of Lake Hamilton’s land. Water is left out: Lake Hamilton has 2.1 square miles of land and 1.9 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Lake Hamilton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
4 places to go in Lake Hamilton
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 lakes & rivers
2.4 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Lake Hamilton
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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 52 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 89 | 93 | 92 | 86 | 75 | 63 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
August is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lake Hamilton →
Lake Hamilton and its neighbors
Lake Hamilton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Hamilton | under 1% | under 0.1 | 1 | 16% | D |
| Hot Springs | 8% | 0.7 | 53 | 45% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Lake Hamilton
How much of Lake Hamilton 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.
Where can I bike in Lake Hamilton?
2.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.5 of painted or protected lanes and 0.9 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Lake Hamilton?
9,316 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lake Hamilton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lake Hamilton have?
Ahead of 6% 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 Lake Hamilton 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 →