Prairie Creek Park & Campgrounds
Park
161 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Van Winkle's Mill Site · Photo: Farther Along · CC BY 2.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Prairie Creek
23% of Prairie Creek’s land is conserved: 639 acres
162 acres are parks and preserves, 65 per 1,000 residents. 28% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.6 miles of mapped trail cross Prairie Creek, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 72% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
23%
639 acres · of 4.4 sq mi of land
Trails
1.6 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
162 ac
65 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
28%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Prairie Creek?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Prairie Creek have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Prairie Creek is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Prairie Creek’s overall grade.
Conserved land23% of the land · typical AR town 1% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · AR 0.2 · U.S. 0.4BPark land65 acres of park per 1,000 residents (162 acres) · AR 8 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home28% of residents within a half mile of a park · AR 46% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 72%
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Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Prairie Creek’s 23% is ahead of 100% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 67% of them.
Water is 10% of Prairie Creek’s area (0 of 5 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 21%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A. 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
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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.
Who protects it
639 conserved acres
23% of Prairie Creek’s land. Water is left out: Prairie Creek has 4.4 square miles of land and 0.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Prairie Creek’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Army Corps of Engineers639 ac
Recreation Management Area · 639 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Recreation Area Recreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 639 | Open |
When to get out
June is the best month for walking in Prairie Creek
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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 76 | 84 | 89 | 89 | 81 | 71 | 59 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
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 Prairie Creek →
Questions about parks and trails in Prairie Creek
How much of Prairie Creek is conserved land?
23% 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 Prairie Creek’s trails?
Prairie Creek Park & Campgrounds doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Prairie Creek?
21,340 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Prairie Creek or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 271 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Prairie Creek have?
Ahead of 72% 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 Prairie Creek 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 →