Photo: Colinhester · CC BY-SA 4.0Marked Tree has 23 acres of parks, 10 for every 1,000 residents
75% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.3 miles of mapped trail cross Marked Tree, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Marked Tree have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Marked Tree is ahead of 37% 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 Marked Tree’s under 1% is ahead of 8% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 71% 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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Carver Street Park
6 places to go in Marked Tree
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 boat launches without a name on the map.
1 named trail
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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Marked Tree
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) | 48 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 81 | 89 | 91 | 90 | 84 | 74 | 60 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
September is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.6 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Marked Tree →
Questions about parks and trails in Marked Tree
How much of Marked Tree 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 Marked Tree’s trails?
Cypress Park and Carver Street Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Marked Tree?
615 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Marked Tree or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 23 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Marked Tree have?
Ahead of 37% 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 Marked Tree 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 →