Kid-Friendly Hiking Trails & Nature Walks
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Arbor Hills Nature Preserve
Scenic area with hiking & biking trails. This 200-acre park features a trail system, playground, picnic pavilion & public restrooms.
White Rock Creek Greenbelt
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Rawhide Park
Recreation area with 3 walking trails. Quirky urban recreation area with climbing structures, metal sculptures & 3 walking trail loops.
White Rock Lake Park
Outdoor recreation area around a lake. Green space circling an artificial lake offering trails, boating, picnicking & bird-watching.
Walking Trails at White Rock
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Elm Fork Nature Preserve Trail Entrance
Wooded preserve with a trail & pond. Quiet nature preserve offering a short trail for walks through woodlands with a small pond.
Santa Fe Trail
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Bachman Lake Park
Small public park with a lake & trail. Public park near Love Field with a paved 3-mile trail for biking, running & walking around a lake.
John F. Burke Nature Preserve
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KATY Trail access for strollers
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Campion Trails Park
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Bird's Fort Trail Park
Riverfront trails & a historic monument. A 58-acre preserve on a historic riverfront site featuring trails, a pavilion & picnic areas.
L.B. Houston Nature Trails - California Crossing Trailhead
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Leonhardt Lagoon Nature Walk
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Mandalay Canal Walk at Las Colinas
Promenade with a serene, charming vibe. Paved waterfront trail with a gondola ride & waterfalls, plus restaurants along the way.
Piedmont Ridge Trail
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Coppell Nature Park
66-acre natural wildlife & bird habitat. Vast wildlife conservation area with diverse native plants & wildlife, including 130 bird species.
Twelve Hills Nature Center
Walking trails & a butterfly garden. Five-acre nature center featuring a butterfly garden with benches, walking trails & wildflowers.
Trinity River Mountain Creek - Dallas County Nature Preserve
Fishing area, nature trail & playground. Waterfront park featuring a playground, picnic pavilion, nature trail, fishing area & green space.
Shady Grove Trail Park
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Trinity Forest Trail
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McCommas Bluff - Dallas County Nature Preserve
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Joppa Preserve - Dallas County Nature Preserve
Park with a walking trail & picnic areas. Park featuring a wooded trail for walks & bike rides, plus picnic tables & a pavilion.
Oak Cliff Nature Preserve
Nature retreat with hike-&-bike trails. 121 rolling acres of woodlands & wildflower meadows, with 8 miles of hike-&-bike trails.
Horseshoe Trails Park
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The Preserve at McCormick Park
Playground, picnic sites & a trail. 12-acre park featuring a 1/3-mile walking & biking path, picnic tables, a gazebo & play equipment.
Wall-Farrar Nature Trail
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Bear Creek Trail
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River Legacy Parks East
Riverfront park with trails & more. Sizable park featuring a river & forest, plus a children's playground, trails & picnic areas.
Crystal Canyon Natural Area
Unspoiled reserve with a short trail. This hilly 40-acre preserve offers a 0.5-mile trail & interpretive signs amid forest & rock terrain.
River Legacy Parks
Vast green space with a science center. 1,300-acre park housing miles of hiking & biking trails, picnic areas & a hands-on science center.
River Legacy Parks South Entrance
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Dr. Robert Cluck Linear Park
Biking, hiking, picnicking amid wetlands. Featuring a biking/hiking trail & picnicking amid a wetland landscape intersected by Johnson Creek.
Fish Creek - Dallas County Nature Preserve
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Big Cedar Wilderness Trail
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Cedar Ridge Trail Head Parking
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Cedar Ridge Preserve
Bird, butterfly & mammal habitat. Audubon nature preserve offering 9 miles of hiking trails through 600 acres of hill country habitat.
Windmill Hill - Dallas County Nature Preserve
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Escarpment Road Trail
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Marrow Bone Spring Park
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O.S. Gray Natural Area
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Fish Creek Linear Park
4-mile paved trail along the creek. Walkers, runners bikers & rollerbladers head to this wide, concrete path along Fish Creek.
Village Creek Natural Area
Park with a scenic trail & picnic area. Creekside natural area with a hiking/cycling trail, plus grills, a picnic area & a fishing pier.
Gateway Park
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Bob McFarland Park
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O.W. Fannin Natural Area
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Tandy Hills Natural Area / Stratford Nature Area
Trails through a tranquil prairie. Trails cut through this tranquil tract of prairie land with plants galore & spring wildflowers.
Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve
Scenic destination for hiking & fishing. Picturesque 58-acre preserve featuring hiking trails & 3 ponds for catch-&-release fishing.
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