Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in McCrory
The biggest trail networks: McCrory City Park (0.6 mi). 21% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 16 acres are parks and preserves, 8.6 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is McCrory?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does McCrory have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, McCrory is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so McCrory’s under 1% is ahead of 8% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 61% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is McCrory City Park, with 0.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in McCrory
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) | 48 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 80 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 84 | 74 | 61 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.0 |
September is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in McCrory →
McCrory and its neighbors
McCrory has the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCrory | under 1% | 0.3 | 9 | 21% | C− |
| Patterson | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in McCrory
Where can I hike in McCrory?
The longest trail networks: McCrory City Park, 0.6 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of McCrory 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 McCrory’s trails?
McCrory City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near McCrory?
1,158 acres of parks and open public land lie inside McCrory or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 16 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does McCrory 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 McCrory 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 →