Coop Creek Bridge · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Mansfield
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.4 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Mansfield, 0.2 per square mile of land. 65% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Mansfield have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mansfield is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. 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 Mansfield’s under 1% is ahead of 8% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 39% 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
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2 places to go in Mansfield
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 lakes & rivers
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
April is the best month for walking in Mansfield
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 | 80 | 87 | 92 | 92 | 85 | 74 | 62 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
February is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mansfield →
Questions about parks and trails in Mansfield
How much of Mansfield 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 Mansfield?
27,589 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mansfield or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Mansfield have?
Ahead of 17% 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 Mansfield 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 →