1
Lakeside Forest Wilderness Area
Managed by City of Branson
139 acres4 mi of trail
Ridge TrailTaneycomo TrailOwen Drive TrailStone Wall TrailBluff Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Branson
Branson, MO parks, trails & bike paths
About 16% of Branson is conserved land, roughly 2,246 acres. There are about 23 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lakeside Forest Wilderness Area (4 mi), Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area (3.4 mi), and White River Balds Natural Area (2.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Branson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Branson outdoors
Conserved land
16%
2,246 of 13,678 acres
Trails
23 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
17
175 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
11.1 mi
3.7 mi lanes · 7.4 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
Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area
Managed by Missouri Department of Conservation
1,477 acres3.4 mi of trail
Homesteaders TrailGlade Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
White River Balds Natural Area
Managed by Missouri Department of Conservation
336 acres2.2 mi of trail
Glade TrailHomesteaders TrailStreamside TrailShane's Shortcut
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery
Managed by Missouri State Parks
153 acres2.2 mi of trail
White River Bluff TrailWhite River Corridor TrailCanebrake TrailFisherman's Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
5
Stockstill Park
Park
20 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Moonshine Beach Park
Managed by United States Army Corps of Engineers
26 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 17 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 17 parks & preserves
Lakeside Forest Wilderness Area139 acres · 4 mi of trail · City of Branson
Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area1,477 acres · 3.4 mi of trail · Missouri Department of Conservation
White River Balds Natural Area336 acres · 2.2 mi of trail · Missouri Department of Conservation
Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery153 acres · 2.2 mi of trail · Missouri State Parks
Stockstill Park20 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Moonshine Beach Park26 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · United States Army Corps of Engineers
Murphy Park33 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Branson RecPlex42 acres
Sunset Park9 acres
Eiserman Street Park8 acres
Who protects the land
2,246 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths7.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis25
- Baseball15
- Basketball14
- Pickleball4
- Football3
- Soccer3
- Volleyball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Branson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branson | 16.4% | 22.5 mi | 17 |
| Hollister | 0% | 0.3 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Branson'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 21.9-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.