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Outdoors in Mayflower

Few parks or trails are on the map in Mayflower

6 acres are parks and preserves, 2.1 per 1,000 residents. 23% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.3 miles of mapped trail cross Mayflower, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
4 acres · of 4.5 sq mi of land
Trails
2.3 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
6 ac
2.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
23%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Mayflower have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mayflower is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Mayflower’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical AR town 1% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · AR 0.2 · U.S. 0.4BPark land2.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (6 acres) · AR 8 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home23% of residents within a half mile of a park · AR 46% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 20%
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Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Mayflower’s under 1% is ahead of 19% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 81% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Mayflower. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. 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 Franklin Pearce Park, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Franklin Pearce Park

Park
4 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area

Nature preserve
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

4 conserved acres

under 1% of Mayflower’s land. Who manages Mayflower’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city2 ac
State fish & wildlife2 ac
Local Park · 2 acState Conservation Area · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Community Park
Local Park
Town or city2Open
Bell Slough
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife2Restricted
Things to do

4 places to go in Mayflower

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

Playgrounds in Mayflower

3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

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
3Baseball
1Football

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

When to get out

The walking year in Mayflower

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)10.010.911.913.014.014.514.313.512.311.210.39.8
High (°F)515664738188929285746253
Rain (in)3.64.15.15.55.63.63.73.73.44.34.94.9

September is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mayflower →

Questions about parks and trails in Mayflower

Where can I hike in Mayflower?

The longest trail networks: Franklin Pearce Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Mayflower 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 Mayflower’s trails?

Franklin Pearce Park and Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Mayflower?

5,431 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mayflower or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Mayflower have?

Ahead of 20% 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 Mayflower 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 →