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Van Buren Municipal Park
Park
62 acres0.8 mi of trail
Walking Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Van Buren
Van Buren, AR parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.4% of Van Buren is conserved land, roughly 662 acres. There are about 4.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Van Buren Municipal Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Van Buren, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Van Buren outdoors
Conserved land
6.4%
662 of 10,305 acres
Trails
4.9 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
9
28 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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.
2
Lee Creek Public Use Area
Park
120 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Field of Dreams Sports Complex
Park
50 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Kibler Ball Fields
Park
19 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 9 parks & preserves
Van Buren Municipal Park62 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Meyer Park7 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Lee Creek Public Use Area120 acres
Field of Dreams Sports Complex50 acres
Kibler Ball Fields19 acres
Natural Reserve10 acres
Lake Louemma Park2 acres
Veteran's Memorial Park2 acres
Van Zandt Park1 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Van Buren
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 0.9 mi
- Bekaert Loop0.9 mi
- Walking Trail0.7 mi
- River Road East0.6 mi
- Ada Bell Circle0.1 mi
- Azure Hills Circle0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
662 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball19
- Tennis7
- Golf6
- Basketball3
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Van Buren
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Recreation Management Area 471 acLocal Park 135 acLocal Recreation Area 118 acLocal Conservation Area 54 ac
Showing 1–10 of 11 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.P. Hammerschmidt Recreation AreaRecreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 471 | Open |
| Lee Creek ParkLocal Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Federal Land | 118 | Open |
| Mr. Chad and Betty Ann Colley Wilderness ParkLocal Conservation Area | Town or city | 54 | Open |
| Field Of Dreams Sports ComplexLocal Park | Town or city | 51 | Open |
| Legacy Valley ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 25 | Open |
| Van Guren Municipal ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 22 | Open |
| Kibler Ball FieldsLocal Park | County | 19 | Open |
| Lake Louemma ParkLocal Park | County | 10 | Open |
| Meyer ParkLocal Park | Land trusts & nonprofits | 6 | Open |
| Freedom ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Bob Burns HouseBuilding
Van Buren Confederate MonumentWar memorial
Van Buren Historic DistrictDistrict
Veterans MemorialWar memorial
Crow Hill CemeteryCemetery
Fairview CemeteryCemetery
Grace Lawn CemeteryCemetery
Stevenson CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Van Buren and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Buren | 6.4% | 4.9 mi | 9 |
| Fort Smith | 5.9% | 16.8 mi | 36 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Van Buren'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 20-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.