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Scenic Overlook from US Hwy 65Photo: RBK72650 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Marshall

Marshall has 22 acres of parks, 19 for every 1,000 residents

0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Marshall, 0.2 per square mile of land. 69% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 4.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
22 ac
19 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
69%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Marshall?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Marshall have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Marshall is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Marshall’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 34%
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Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Marshall’s under 1% is ahead of 8% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 37% 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.

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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 Marshall Community Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Marshall Community Park

Park
13 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Marshall City Park

Park
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Things to do

1 places to go in Marshall

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Marshall

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
4Baseball
4Basketball
2Tennis
1Football

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

22 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Searcy County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1976
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Bud Fendley HouseBuilding · listed 1993
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Dr. Sam G. Daniel HouseBuilding · listed 1993
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Noah Bryan StoreBuilding · listed 1993
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Oscar Redman BuildingBuilding · listed 1993
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Anthony Luna HouseBuilding · listed 1993
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Bank of Marshall BuildingBuilding · listed 1993
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Bates Tourist CourtBuilding · listed 1993
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Bromley-Mills-Treece HouseBuilding · listed 1993
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Charley Passmore HouseBuilding · listed 1993
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J. M. McCall HouseBuilding · listed 1993
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S. A. Lay HouseBuilding · listed 1993
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10 more on the History page.

When to get out

June is the best month for walking in Marshall

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.010.811.913.114.114.614.413.512.411.210.29.7
High (°F)485261707785898982725950
Rain (in)3.23.34.85.15.44.13.93.73.83.94.63.9

January is the driest month (3.2 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 Marshall →

Questions about parks and trails in Marshall

Where can I hike in Marshall?

The longest trail networks: Marshall Community Park, 0.4 miles; Marshall City Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Marshall 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 Marshall’s trails?

Marshall Community Park and Marshall City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Marshall?

14,348 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Marshall or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 22 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Marshall have?

Ahead of 34% 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 Marshall 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 →