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Outdoors in Pea Ridge

Few parks or trails are on the map in Pea Ridge

13 acres are parks and preserves, 1.6 per 1,000 residents. 21% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Pea Ridge, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns · #113 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
12 acres · of 8.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
13 ac
1.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
21%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.4 mi
0.8 mi lanes · 1.6 mi paths
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Pea Ridge have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pea Ridge is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns, #113 of 123 in Arkansas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Pea Ridge’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 10%
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Arkansas towns of 2,500+ (123)Ahead of 8%

Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Pea Ridge’s under 1% is ahead of 24% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 20% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Pea Ridge. 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 still be D. 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 Pea Ridge City Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Pea Ridge City Park

Park
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

12 conserved acres

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

Town or city12 ac
Local Park · 12 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Pea Ridge Park
Local Park
Town or city12Open
Givens Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Pea Ridge

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

Playgrounds in Pea Ridge

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

Biking & sports

2.4 miles of bike routes

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

0.8 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
1.6 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
5Baseball
1Basketball
1Football

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

History along the way

3 places on the National Register

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

History →
Miller HomesteadBuilding · listed 1988
About it
Shady Grove SchoolBuilding · listed 1988
About it
Pea Ridge Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2007
About it
When to get out

June is the best month for walking in Pea Ridge

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)9.910.811.913.114.114.614.413.512.411.210.29.7
High (°F)475160697684898981715949
Rain (in)2.62.44.14.95.94.63.93.54.34.14.03.1

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Pea Ridge →

Questions about parks and trails in Pea Ridge

Where can I hike in Pea Ridge?

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

How much of Pea Ridge 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 Pea Ridge’s trails?

Pea Ridge City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Pea Ridge?

2.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.8 of painted or protected lanes and 1.6 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Pea Ridge?

6,732 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pea Ridge or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Pea Ridge have?

Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #113 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 Pea Ridge 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 →