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Outdoors in Smackover

Few parks or trails are on the map in Smackover

2.0 miles of mapped trail cross Smackover, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 4.3 sq mi of land
Trails
2.0 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Smackover have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Smackover is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Smackover’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 9%
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Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Smackover’s under 1% is ahead of 8% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 80% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Smackover. 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 D− 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.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Things to do

5 places to go in Smackover

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

Playgrounds in Smackover

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

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
2Tennis
1Football

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

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

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

History →
Smackover Historic Commercial DistrictDistrict · listed 1990
About it
D. McDonald HouseBuilding · listed 1990
About it
When to get out

May is the best month for walking in Smackover

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)10.210.911.913.013.914.314.213.412.311.310.410.0
High (°F)555968768290939387776557
Rain (in)4.74.65.35.74.94.03.83.53.44.54.15.7

September is the driest month (3.4 in) and August the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.7 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Smackover →

Questions about parks and trails in Smackover

How much of Smackover 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.

Is there public land near Smackover?

297 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Smackover or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Smackover have?

Ahead of 9% 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 Smackover 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 →