Jermey McDaniel Memorial Sports Complex and Rector Memorial Park
Park
27 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Brian Stansberry (photographer) · CC BY 4.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Rector
Rector has 28 acres of parks, 16 for every 1,000 residents
80% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Rector, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
28 ac
16 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
80%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Rector?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Rector have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rector is ahead of 40% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Rector’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical AR town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · AR 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land16 acres of park per 1,000 residents (28 acres) · AR 8 · U.S. 13BParks close to home80% of residents within a half mile of a park · AR 46% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 40%
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Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Rector’s under 1% is ahead of 8% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 59% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Rector. 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 range from C to B. 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
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The longest trail network is Jermey McDaniel Memorial Sports Complex and Rector Memorial Park, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
1 places to go in Rector
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Rector
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
4Baseball
1Equestrian
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The walking year in Rector
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) | 46 | 51 | 60 | 71 | 80 | 88 | 90 | 89 | 83 | 72 | 59 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
September is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Rector →
Questions about parks and trails in Rector
Where can I hike in Rector?
The longest trail networks: Jermey McDaniel Memorial Sports Complex and Rector Memorial Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Rector 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 Rector’s trails?
Jermey McDaniel Memorial Sports Complex and Rector Memorial Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Rector?
109 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rector or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 28 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Rector have?
Ahead of 40% 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 Rector 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 →