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Outdoors in Piggott

Piggott has 62 acres of parks, 17 for every 1,000 residents

27% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Piggott’s land is conserved, about 62 acres. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Piggott, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns · #60 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
62 acres · of 5.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
62 ac
17 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
27%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Piggott?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Piggott have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Piggott is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns, #60 of 123 in Arkansas. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Piggott’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 33%
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Arkansas towns of 2,500+ (123)Ahead of 52%

Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Piggott’s 2% is ahead of 80% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 30% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C 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.

12
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Independence Park

Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Piggot Pool Park

Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

62 conserved acres

2% of Piggott’s land. Who manages Piggott’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County40 ac
Town or city23 ac
Local Park · 47 acLocal Recreation Area · 16 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Heritage Park
Local Park
County40Open
Independence Park
Local Recreation Area
Town or city16Open
Park
Local Park
Town or city7Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Piggott

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

Playgrounds in Piggott

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

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
6Baseball
2Tennis
1Skate park
1Football

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

History along the way

6 places on the National Register

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

History →
Pfeiffer House and Carriage HouseBuilding · listed 1982
About it
Piggott Post OfficeBuilding · listed 1998
About it
County Home CemeterySite · listed 2005
About it
Piggott National Guard ArmoryBuilding · listed 2006
About it
Piggott Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2009
About it
Clay County Courthouse, Eastern DistrictBuilding · listed 2018
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Piggott

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)455060718088908983735948
Rain (in)3.63.84.75.25.33.74.13.33.33.94.54.6

August is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Piggott →

Questions about parks and trails in Piggott

How much of Piggott is conserved land?

2% 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 Piggott’s trails?

Independence Park and Piggot Pool Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Piggott?

283 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Piggott or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 62 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Piggott have?

Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #60 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 Piggott neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →