What can you do at Bear Creek Park in Keller, TX?
Bear Creek Park is a 44-acre city park at 400 Bear Creek Pkwy in Keller with playgrounds, picnic pavilions, basketball, four sand volleyball courts, pickleball, fishing, and open fields for soccer and baseball practice. It also hosts community events like the Keller Farmers Market, and it connects to the Big Bear Creek Greenbelt — roughly 5.4 miles of trail running from Keller Sports Park to the Hidden Lakes area. K-9 Pointe Dog Park, near The Keller Pointe, adds separate areas for large and small dogs.
By Kallie Spencer | November 9, 2026
Most people in Keller know Bear Creek Park for the obvious stuff — the playgrounds, the volleyball courts, and the Saturday farmers market.
But the part I love most is what you find when you keep walking past the main park.
That's where a 44-acre city park turns into more than five miles of connected trail, and where you start to see how much of Keller you can reach without ever getting in your car.
Watch the full video on YouTube
This is Episode 7 of Hidden Gems, my series on the local spots that make Keller, Keller. Past episodes have stayed in Old Town — like Memories N' Treasures, Old Town Keller's antique mall and CocoDay's Bazaar, a vintage resale shop. This time we're heading outside.
What's inside the main park
Bear Creek Park sits at 400 Bear Creek Pkwy, Keller, TX 76248. Watch the walk-through at 0:38 — it's one of Keller's busiest gathering places, and the amenity list is long for a single park:
- Playgrounds and picnic pavilions
- Basketball and pickleball
- Four sand volleyball courts
- Open fields used for soccer and baseball practice
- Fishing along the water
Here's what I tell people who are new to the area: a park like this is the kind of thing you don't see on a listing sheet, but you feel it every week once you live nearby. A quick walk after dinner, a Saturday morning at the market, a place to meet friends without planning a whole outing — that's day-to-day life, and it matters as much as square footage.
Community events all year
Bear Creek Park isn't only for everyday recreation. At 0:58 in the video, I mention the Keller Farmers Market, which sets up here on Saturdays during its season.
Throughout the year, the park also hosts:
- A spring egg hunt
- Outdoor concerts
- A Halloween-season haunted campout
Dates and details change year to year, so check the City of Keller's parks and events calendar before you go.
The Big Bear Creek Greenbelt: Keller's 5.4-mile trail
This is where things get interesting. Watch from 1:05 — Bear Creek Park connects directly to the Big Bear Creek Greenbelt, a trail system that stretches approximately 5.4 miles from Keller Sports Park to the Hidden Lakes area.
Whether you walk, run, or ride a bike, there's plenty of room to explore. A few things worth knowing before your first trip:
- Pick your starting point. Bear Creek Park is a central access point, which makes it an easy place to start an out-and-back.
- Plan your distance. The full trail end to end is about 5.4 miles one way, so a complete out-and-back is closer to 11 miles. Most people pick a section.
- Expect two kinds of trail. The main paths are paved. Past them, you'll find wooded, natural-surface areas along the creek — great on foot, less ideal on a road bike.
- Check conditions after rain. Creekside trails can hold water after a storm, so the natural-surface sections may be muddy for a day or two.
The quiet side of the greenbelt
Once you get past the paved paths, the greenbelt changes character. You'll find trees, shade, and creekside scenery that feel a long way from the volleyball courts — even though you're only a few minutes' walk away.
That's the part I'd call the true hidden gem. Plenty of people use the main park every week and never venture far enough to find it.
Like the idea of a trail you can reach without loading up the car? Search homes for sale in Keller and map them against Bear Creek Park and the greenbelt — listings are updated daily.
K-9 Pointe Dog Park
Near The Keller Pointe, the city's K-9 Pointe Dog Park gives dogs room to run off-leash, with separate areas for large and small dogs and playgrounds and green space nearby. If you've got a dog that needs more than a lap around the block, it pairs well with a walk on the greenbelt.
Neighborhoods along the greenbelt
The Big Bear Creek Greenbelt links up with neighborhoods like Hidden Lakes, which means some homes in Keller have trail access a short walk from the front door.
When I help buyers compare homes in Keller, trail and park access is one of those features that's easy to overlook on paper. Here's how I'd look at it:
- Check the actual walking route. "Near the greenbelt" on a map isn't the same as a sidewalk connection. Walk it yourself, or ask me to.
- Look at the lot, not just the house. Homes that back to green space or trail can offer more privacy and views, but they can also see more foot traffic. Know which you prefer.
- Read the HOA documents. Some neighborhoods maintain their own trail connectors or common areas, and that shows up in dues and rules.
- Ask about the floodplain. Creekside land is beautiful, and it's also worth checking flood zone status and any past water history before you write an offer.
These are the details I walk through with clients every time — because two homes at the same price can live very differently depending on what's around them. If Keller's Old Town side is more your style, my post on what's planned at the Keller Depot on Bates Street covers what's coming downtown.
Quick facts
- 📍 Bear Creek Park: 400 Bear Creek Pkwy, Keller, TX 76248 (44 acres)
- 🥾 Big Bear Creek Greenbelt: about 5.4 miles, Keller Sports Park to Hidden Lakes
- 🐕 K-9 Pointe Dog Park: near The Keller Pointe, large and small dog areas
- 🏐 Amenities: 4 sand volleyball courts, pickleball, basketball, playgrounds, pavilions, fishing
- 🧺 Events: Keller Farmers Market, outdoor concerts, seasonal events (see the City of Keller calendar)
Is Bear Creek Park worth a visit?
Yes — and not just for the playground. The real draw is the Big Bear Creek Greenbelt and the quiet, wooded stretches past the paved paths. It's one of the things I love most about Keller: it isn't only the homes, it's the parks, the trails, and the community events that come with living here.
If you're thinking about a move to Keller and want to see which homes put you closest to Bear Creek Park and the greenbelt, I'd love to help. Start your Keller home search here, and I'll help you sort out which streets actually connect to the trail.
Have a favorite spot on the trail? Tell me in the YouTube comments — it might become a future Hidden Gem.
About Kallie Spencer
Kallie Spencer is the Broker/Owner of Ritchey Realty and has spent 16 years helping North Texas buyers and sellers make high-stakes moves in the $700K–$3M+ range. She specializes in move-up, downsizing, luxury, and relocation transactions across Southlake, Westlake, Colleyville, Keller, and the Alliance corridor, with pricing and marketing strategy built on local market data. A certified real estate business coach through Tom Ferry International and credentialed by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), Kallie also trains other agents on the same systems she uses for her own clients. Connect with her at ritcheyrealty.com or (682) 788-9060.
