Bentonville's best dog parks, from Osage's wetlands runs to Tanyard Creek's waterfall trail.

Bentonville requires dogs leashed in city parks except inside the designated off-leash dog parks (Bark Park and Osage Dog Park). Bella Vista, Rogers, and Fayetteville run their own ordinances on the same model: leashed everywhere by default, fenced off-leash yards as the carve-out. Tanyard Creek, Blowing Springs, and Park Springs are on-leash regardless of how empty the trail looks.

The exception is Bella Vista K9 Corral, which sits inside the Bella Vista POA and requires proof of residency or a member-guest pass at the gate. Lake Atlanta and Bryce Davis are free public parks in Rogers and Fayetteville respectively.

None of the off-leash areas check at the gate, but DHPP and bordetella are worth keeping current given how social the Osage and Bark Park crowds run, and how close the swim-water options sit to the trail systems.

June through August runs hot and humid, and the open-sided runs at Bark Park and Orchards bake by mid-morning. Spring storms turn the Bark Park surface muddy for a day or two at a time, so Orchards (better drainage) becomes the smarter pick. Fall is the peak window: cool mornings, dry trails, and the Tanyard Creek canopy at full color. Winter is mild enough that the off-leash regulars don't break stride, though Bella Vista's hand-pump water shuts off.

Bella Vista sits to the north with Tanyard Creek, Blowing Springs, and the members-only K9 Corral. Rogers contributes Lake Atlanta on the east side of the metro, and Bryce Davis Park is the Fayetteville outlier 30 miles south, included here because the off-leash crowd treats the corridor as one scene.