Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Mount Ida
1% of Mount Ida’s land is conserved, about 11 acres.
Ahead of 4% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Mount Ida have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mount Ida is ahead of 4% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Mount Ida’s 1% is ahead of 64% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 2% 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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11 conserved acres
1% of Mount Ida’s land. Who manages Mount Ida’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouachita National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 11 | Open |
1 lakes & rivers
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Mount Ida
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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 52 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 92 | 91 | 85 | 74 | 62 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
January is the driest month (3.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mount Ida →
Questions about parks and trails in Mount Ida
How much of Mount Ida is conserved land?
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 Mount Ida?
132,593 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mount Ida or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Mount Ida have?
Ahead of 4% 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 Mount Ida 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 →