METRO GUIDE CITY PARKS, TRAILS & MORE
Listed here are Bentonville and Bella Vista’s major city parks, municipal trails and activity destinations. For a complete listing, visit bentonvillear.com and bellavistaar.gov.
Memorial Park
401 NE Martin Luther King Jr Parkway, Bentonville Memorial Park is Bentonville’s premier 73-acre park, home to the Melvin Ford Aquatic Center and a skateboard park. There are tennis, sand volleyball and basketball courts, and fields for softball, baseball, soccer and tee ball. The park has a walking trail, covered pavilion and a memorial honoring fallen soldiers.
Melvin Ford Aquatic Center
Melvin Ford Aquatic Center
2000 NE Memorial Park Square, Bentonville Located at Memorial Park, the center features an Olympic size pool, a water slide, diving boards, and a wading pool with a rain drop fountain. Open Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Lawrence Plaza Ice Rink & Splash Park
214 NE A St, Bentonville Lawrence Plaza is a multiuse facility just north of the Bentonville Square. During the winter, the plaza is converted to an ice-skating rink for cold weather fun. In the summer months (May-September), it becomes a splash park featuring more than 80 fountain jets. For more information, see page 17.
Memorial Park
Trails at Crystal Bridges
Trails at Crystal Bridges
600 Museum Way, Bentonville crystalbridges.org / (479) 418-5700 The grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art feature more than four miles of trails winding through the museum’s 120acre wooded site. Designed to spark the imagination, the trails provide access to beautiful Ozark landscapes and outdoor art installations. Each year, more than 240,000 visitors use the trails, many of which are stroller and wheelchair accessible.
Razorback Regional Greenway
Lawrence Plaza Ice Rink & Splash Park
nwatrails.org / oztrailsnwa.com Extending from Lake Bella Vista to the southern reaches of Fayetteville, this 37-mile paved cycling and pedestrian trail links dozens of popular community destinations, including downtown Bentonville, arts and entertainment venues, Razorback Regional historic sites, parklands, other Greenway connecting mountain bike trails, shopping areas and workplaces. It meanders through city parks, open fields, urban forests and tourist destinations in a primarily off-street setting.
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