1
River Bluff Nature Reserve
Managed by Jackson County Parks + Rec
313 acres2.4 mi of trail
River Bluff Nature Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Sugar Creek
Sugar Creek, MO parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.8% of Sugar Creek is conserved land, roughly 506 acres. There are about 8.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in River Bluff Nature Reserve (2.4 mi), Liberty Bend Conservation Area (2.3 mi), and LaBenite Park (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sugar Creek, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sugar Creek outdoors
Conserved land
6.8%
506 of 7,454 acres
Trails
8.1 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
156 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
Liberty Bend Conservation Area
Managed by Missouri Department of Conservation
143 acres2.3 mi of trail
Liberty Bend Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
3
LaBenite Park
Managed by City of Sugar Creek
105 acres1 mi of trail
LaBenite Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Harrison Sports Park
Park
12 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 8 parks & preserves
- Kenney Field5 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- R. J. Roper Stadium and Pavillion3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- John C. O'Renick Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- William Henry Harrison Park37 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
506 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
- Baseball3
- Basketball2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Sugar Creek and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Creek | 6.8% | 8.1 mi | 8 |
| Independence | 4.8% | 45.6 mi | 51 |
| Kansas City | 6.9% | 202.0 mi | 194 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sugar Creek'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.