Osage Beach City Park
Managed by City of Osage Beach
43 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin) · CC BY 2.5B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Osage Beach
Osage Beach has 238 acres of parks, 48 for every 1,000 residents
8.4 miles of mapped trail cross Osage Beach, 0.9 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Osage Beach City Park (0.7 mi). 45% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns · #48 of 247 in Missouri. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
230 acres · of 9.8 sq mi of land
Trails
8.4 mi
0.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
238 ac
48 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
45%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
1 beach · 13 boat launches
What kind of outdoors town is Osage Beach?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Osage Beach have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Osage Beach is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns, #48 of 247 in Missouri. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Osage Beach’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical MO town 2% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (8 mi) · MO 0.3 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land48 acres of park per 1,000 residents (238 acres) · MO 11 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home45% of residents within a half mile of a park · MO 74% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 69%
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Missouri towns of 2,500+ (247)Ahead of 81%
Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Osage Beach’s 4% is ahead of 74% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 87% of them.
Water is 5% of Osage Beach’s area (1 of 10 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 4%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Osage Beach City Park, with 0.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Lake of the Ozarks State Park
Nature preserve
172 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Who protects it
230 conserved acres
4% of Osage Beach’s land. Water is left out: Osage Beach has 9.8 square miles of land and 0.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Osage Beach’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Not recorded230 ac
State Park · 230 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Of The Ozarks State Park State Park | Not recorded | 230 | Open |
Things to do
19 places to go in Osage Beach
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Osage Beach
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Playgrounds in Osage Beach
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Boat launches in Osage Beach
13 boat launches without a name on the map.
Trails & water
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Trails End Court0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
6Tennis
5Baseball
4Basketball
3Pickleball
3Soccer
2Beach volleyball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
June is the best month for walking in Osage Beach
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 49 | 58 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 89 | 89 | 81 | 70 | 57 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
January is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Osage Beach →
Next door
Osage Beach and its neighbors
Osage Beach has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osage Beach | 4% | 0.9 | 48 | 45% | B+ |
| Lake Ozark | under 1% | 0.5 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Osage Beach
Where can I hike in Osage Beach?
The longest trail networks: Osage Beach City Park, 0.7 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Osage Beach is conserved land?
4% of its land, against a typical 2% for a Missouri town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Osage Beach’s trails?
Osage Beach City Park and Lake of the Ozarks State Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Osage Beach?
23,396 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Osage Beach or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 238 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Osage Beach have?
Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #48 of 247 in Missouri. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Osage Beach neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →