🚲 Northwest Arkansas · the bike map

Bike Northwest Arkansas without the traffic.

Greenway plans point-to-point rides that stay on the region's protected greenways and trails — and tells you the honest truth about every stretch where it can't. Built only for NWA, so it goes deeper than the big map apps.

Covers BentonvilleBella VistaRogersSpringdaleFayetteville
Why Greenway

A map with an opinion: keep you off the road.

Most routers treat a quiet trail and a four-lane road as the same thing if it saves thirty seconds. Greenway doesn't.

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Protection first

Routes prefer separated greenways, cycleways and shared-use paths, and refuse car roads unless there's truly no other way through.

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Honest about compromises

Every route and ride is graded A–D by how protected it is, with the exact streets it uses spelled out. No nasty surprises mid-ride.

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Built only for NWA

Hand-curated local corrections, real signed routes, and the area's lakes, parks and trailheads — granular in a way a nationwide app never is.

The honesty engine

It shows you exactly where it leaves the trail.

Pick any ride and Greenway breaks down every meter: how much is on protected path, and which specific streets make up the rest. A ride that's 95% protected isn't rounded up to perfect — you see the one service road that makes up the difference, so you can decide for yourself.

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BLake Fayetteville Loop
95% protected · grade B5.6 mi
  • service road439 m
Ride guides

Real, signed rides — most of them loops.

Pulled straight from the region's official signed bike routes, each one graded and mapped. Tap any ride to open it live in the planner.

See all 8 ride guides →
FAQ

Questions, answered

Is the Razorback Greenway paved?

Yes — the Razorback Regional Greenway is a roughly 37-mile, almost entirely paved trail running from Bella Vista through Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and Johnson into Fayetteville. Only a few short connector sections use quiet streets, and Greenway shows you exactly where.

Where can I bike in Bentonville without riding on the road?

Bentonville is the heart of NWA's protected network — the Razorback Greenway and the Slaughter Pen trails connect right downtown. The South Bentonville Trail links the square toward the trails, and Greenway routes you door-to-door while flagging the couple of street links near the square.

What's the best easy bike loop in Northwest Arkansas?

The lake loops are the local favorites: Lake Fayetteville (about 5.5 miles), Lake Atalanta in Rogers, and the longer Railyard Loop. All are mostly or fully on protected, paved path — each has a ride guide here, graded for how car-free it is.

How is Greenway different from Google or Apple Maps cycling directions?

General map apps optimize for speed and will happily send you onto a busy road to save a minute. Greenway is protection-first: it prefers separated greenways and trails, refuses car roads where it can, grades every route A–D for how protected it is, and tells you the exact streets it couldn't avoid.

Is Greenway free to use?

Yes. Greenway is a free, independent project built specifically for Northwest Arkansas. There's no account and no cost — and you can add it to your phone's home screen to use it like an app.

Can I use Greenway on my phone while riding?

Yes — it runs in any mobile browser and installs to your home screen. Plan a route, export it as a GPX file for your bike computer, or hand it off to Google Maps for turn-by-turn.