Running trails in Leavenworth, KS
Leavenworth has 11 trails in the directory — 3 paved, 3 shaded, and 1 open 24 hours. 8 of them post opening hours, so you can check the gate before an early start. They're ranked here by rating weighted by review volume, across 1,575 Google reviews. Filter by surface, loop, distance, shade or lighting to get to the run you're actually planning — no made-up difficulty score, just the facts you'd check before driving out.
Buffalo Bill Cody Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 508 reviews
Public park with a baseball field, tennis courts, playground, picnic tables, and wooded trails.
Leavenworth Landing Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 464 reviews
Public park with a walking trail, picnic tables, and benches, plus views of the Kansas River.
Waggin' Tails Dog Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 198 reviews
Large, shady park with benches for owners and separate areas for dogs of different breeds.
Stubby Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 121 reviews
Spacious park boasting a wide variety of play equipment amid shade-casting trees.
Havens Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 99 reviews
Hiker-friendly area featuring paved and unpaved trails for biking, climbing and geocaching.
Ray Miller Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 49 reviews
Park with disc golf, picnic tables, and exercise stations, plus a space for car shows.
Buffalo Bill Cody Park Trail
4.3 ★★★★☆ 18 reviews
Three Mile Creek & Downtown Trail
5 ★★★★★ 1 reviews
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How to pick a trail in Leavenworth
- Match the surface to your legs. Most of what's here is paved (3 of 11). Asphalt and concrete are fast, predictable and runnable year-round but the least forgiving; crushed limestone and dirt take the sting out of high mileage; boardwalk is flat and scenic but slick in the wet. If your shins or knees are complaining, the fix that actually works is varying the surface you run on rather than chasing one "best" one. More paved trails →
- Loop or out-and-back? A loop finishes back at the car with no backtracking; on an out-and-back you simply turn round at half your distance.
- Check the hours before a 6am run. 1 trail in Leavenworth is open 24 hours — the rest can sit inside a park that gates at dusk and doesn't unlock until well after sunrise. 8 of the 11 listings carry posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm.
- Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 5 have trailhead parking, 5 have restrooms, and 1 has a water fountain in Leavenworth. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
- The small things that decide it. 3 shaded, 2 that runners describe as quiet, and 4 dog-friendly. Busy or quiet isn't a good-or-bad thing here: a busy path is the safer choice for a solo run at dawn, a quiet one is better for intervals.
More on all of this in the trail-running guides.
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