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Craighead Forest Park
Park
610 acres15.3 mi of trail
Ferris WheelCraighead Forest Lake LoopLion's ManeOld SchoolZippin Pippin
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Jonesboro
Jonesboro, AR parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.8% of Jonesboro is conserved land, roughly 921 acres. There are about 32 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Craighead Forest Park (15.3 mi), Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center (2.4 mi), and Southside Softball Complex (1.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Jonesboro, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Jonesboro outdoors
Conserved land
1.8%
921 of 51,434 acres
Trails
32 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
20.6 mi
1.8 mi lanes · 16.6 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
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Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center
Park
117 acres2.4 mi of trail
Lion's ManePine Knob TrailRavine TrailValley TrailThe Edge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Southside Softball Complex
Park
64 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Joe Mack Campbell Park
Park
105 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 11 parks & preserves
- Northside Park19 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Allen Park23 ac
- Earl Bell Park7 ac · Directions
- AState Bird Observatory4 ac · Directions
- City Water and Light Park3 ac
- Hope Park1 ac
- Optimist Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
921 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths16.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.2 mi
- Ferris Wheel (bike route)3.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis51
- Baseball43
- Soccer24
- Golf22
- Basketball9
- Football7
- Pickleball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Jonesboro and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesboro | 1.8% | 32.4 mi | 11 |
| Bay | 0% | 0.4 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Jonesboro's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 36.9-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.