Sears House · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Ward
26 acres are parks and preserves, 3.9 per 1,000 residents. 53% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns · #104 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
How much outdoors does Ward have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ward is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns, #104 of 123 in Arkansas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Ward’s 1% is ahead of 53% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 2% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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24 conserved acres
1% of Ward’s land. Who manages Ward’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball Park Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Busby Lake Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Ward Dog Park Local Park | Private owners | 2 | Open |
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Ward
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) | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 89 | 92 | 91 | 85 | 75 | 62 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
June is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.6 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ward →
Questions about parks and trails in Ward
How much of Ward is conserved land?
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 Ward?
217 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ward or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 26 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Ward have?
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #104 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 Ward neighbors.
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 →