Photo: Jma661 · CC BY-SA 3.0Newport has 5.2 miles of mapped trails, 0.4 for every square mile of land
68 acres are parks and preserves, 8.5 per 1,000 residents. 56% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns · #45 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Newport?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Newport have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Newport is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns, #45 of 123 in Arkansas. 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 Newport’s 1% is ahead of 50% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 68% 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Crossroads Park
Lockwood Park
Branch Community Park
All 6 parks & preserves
63 conserved acres
1% of Newport’s land. Who manages Newport’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remmel Park Local Park | Town or city | 24 | Open |
| George Kell Park Local Park | Town or city | 24 | Open |
| Crossroads Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Lockwook Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Normandy Acres Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Branch Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Park | County | 1 | Open |
| Airbase Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
7 places to go in Newport
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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.
9 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Newport
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 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 48 | 52 | 62 | 72 | 80 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 84 | 74 | 60 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
June 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 Newport →
Newport and its neighbors
Newport 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 1% | 0.4 | 8 | 56% | C+ |
| Diaz | under 1% | 0.1 | 2 | 69% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Newport
How much of Newport 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.
Are dogs allowed on Newport’s trails?
George Kell Park and Crossroads Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Newport?
263 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Newport or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 68 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Newport have?
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #45 of 123 in Arkansas. 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 Newport 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 →