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James Monroe Memorial Park
Park
72 acres2.4 mi of trail
Witte's End Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · West Plains
West Plains, MO parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.7% of West Plains is conserved land, roughly 148 acres. There are about 13 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in James Monroe Memorial Park (2.4 mi) and Heart of the Ozarks Fairgrounds (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in West Plains, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
West Plains outdoors
Conserved land
1.7%
148 of 8,484 acres
Trails
13 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
16
12 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
Heart of the Ozarks Fairgrounds
Park
27 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
People's Park
Park
9 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Evans Sports Complex
Park
9 acres0.4 mi of trail
East Green Belt Walking Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Don Warden Park
Park
4 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 16 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 16 parks & preserves
James Monroe Memorial Park72 acres · 2.4 mi of trail
Heart of the Ozarks Fairgrounds27 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
People's Park9 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Evans Sports Complex9 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Don Warden Park4 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Galloway Creek Nature Park41 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Butler Children's Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Carmichael Field7 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Gene Jones Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Georgia White Walking Park4 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Dog parks in West Plains
Tuk's PlaygroundIn Gene Jones Park
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 3.8 mi
- Witte's End Trail2.5 mi
- East Green Belt Walking Trail0.3 mi
- Galloway Creek Nature Park Walking Trail0.1 mi
Who protects the land
148 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
- Golf27
- Soccer16
- Basketball13
- Tennis13
- Baseball11
- Pickleball4
- Beach volleyball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in West Plains
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 114 acState Conservation Area 17 acLocal Recreation Area 17 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 83 | Open |
| Ozark Regional OfficeState Conservation Area | Not recorded | 17 | Restricted |
| Evans Sports ComplexLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Peoples ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| American Legion FieldLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Don Warden ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Dogwood ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Georgia White ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Childrens Butler ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Gene Jones ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Civil War SkirmishWar memorial
Grizzly StatueMonument
Howell County War MemorialWar memorial
Polly the ParrotMemorial
Rock of AgesMemorial
Veterans MemeorialIn People's Park · War memorial
Galloway CemeteryCemetery
Oaklawn CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about West Plains'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.