| PARKS OF LIFE AND RECREATIONQUALITY PARKS AND PARKS TRAILS Walking, running, RECREATION hiking, and biking GREEN are popular The -Fort Worth region off ers a bevy CEDAR HILL STATE PARK here, and we’ve of recreational opportunities with several 1 Cedar Hill 7 5 TRINITY PARK got plenty of lakes and state parks featuring boating, Fishing, boating, and kayaking SPACE Fort Worth places to explore water sports, hiking trails, and options on Joe Pool Lake 7 Next to the Fort Worth Zoo, along the 7 for mountain and road biking. The sports 1,200 acres with 15 miles of banks of the Trinity River outdoors. The city mountain biking trails 7 Annual events such as Mayfest and of Dallas has more than 100 miles of hike and scene is enormously popular, as well. 7 IN DFW Walking trails through open the National Veterans Day Run bike trails—and outside the city, where urban 7 fi elds and wooded areas Miniature Railroad life gives way to more pastoral pursuits, you’ll PARKS AND NATURE CENTERS 7More than 350 wooded 7 Natural surface trails for hiking, campsites biking, and running fi nd so many more. The Katy, Santa Fe, and Cedar Ridge Preserve 7Penn Farm Agricultural History 7 Fishing and duck feeding White Rock trails are lovely paved paths, but if a Children's Aquarium at Fair Park Center walk (or ride) in the woods is more to your liking, Dallas Arboretum it’s only a matter of eff ort. Certifi ed Master Dallas World Aquarium Dinosaur Valley State Park 3 Naturalist Bill Holston recommends Cedar Ridge Dogwood Canyon Audubon Preserve in South Dallas for its wooded hills and Center at Cedar Hill wildlife; Dogwood Canyon in Cedar Hill for its Fort Worth Botanic Garden 4 hilly terrain and fl owering trees in spring; and Fort Worth Japanese Garden Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve in Plano for Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge its creeks, ponds, and easy-to-follow routes. Fossil Rim Wildlife Center 6 WHITE ROCK LAKE PARK HEARD Natural Science Dallas RIVER LEGACY PARK 7 9.33-mile hike and bike trail Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary 2 TRAILS Arlington 7 Shoreline picnic areas River Legacy Park and Science Center 7 1,300 acres of forests and 7 Kayak and paddleboard rentals The Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden greenbelts 6 7 Audubon Society bird watching area 1 Trinity Forest Adventure Park 7 7 10 miles of cross-country trails Dallas Arboretum and 2 Trinity River Audubon Center 7 A treetop playground that looks Botanical Garden like a giant treehouse 2 7 ZOOS 7 A canoe launch with access to up to 8 miles of paddling Dallas Zoo 3 7 River Legacy Living Science 4 Fort Worth Zoo 5 Center 5 6 RODEO 9 7 8 Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo 10 Mesquite Rodeo Stockyards Championship Rodeo 1 7 KLYDE WARREN PARK 12 11 Dallas 7 AUTO RACING 5.2 acres downtown 13 7 Performance pavilion, walking trails, Texas Motor Speedway ARBOR HILLS NATURE PRESERVE 14 3 dog park, children’s playground, and 15 Texas Motorplex Plano games area 16 7 200 acres of rolling hills for 7 Free events such as book signings, GOLF exploring group exercise, movies, music, and 7 Off -road biking trails more PGA Tour—AT&T Byron Nelson Championship 7 Picnic pavilion and kids 7 Food trucks every day PGA Tour—Fort Worth Invitational playground 7 Accessible by M-Line Trolley, DART, 1 Erwin Park 7 Butterfl ies, birds, and other SOURCE: DRC Research and D-link 2 Frisco NW Community Park Trail PROFESSIONAL SPORTS wildlife 3 Knob Hills 7 Dog friendly PHOTO: CITY OF PLANO (Minor League Hockey) 4 Arbor Hills compLexity Gaming ( organization) 5 Northshore Trail (NFL) ARBOR HILLS Dallas Griffi ns () NATURE PRESERVE 6 Katie Jackson (NBA) 7 Squabble Creek Dallas Rattlers (Lacrosse) Dallas Sidekicks (Soccer) 8 Rowlett Creek Preserve (NHL) 9 Horseshoe (WNBA) 4 MEADOWMERE PARK 10 Harry Moss Park FC Dallas () Grapevine Frisco RoughRiders (Minor League Baseball) 7 252 acres on the shore of Lake 11 L.B. Houston Nature Trails Grand Prairie Air Hogs (Minor League Baseball) Grapevine 12 River Legacy OpTic Gaming (esports organization) 7 Sloping sandy beaches and (esports organization) camping 13 Oak Cliff Nature Preserve Texas Elite (Women’s Football) 7 Swimming, paddleboarding, and 14 Boulder Park (NBA Development League) kayaking 15 Big Cedar (MLB) 7 Large, colorful children’s Texas Tornado (Minor League Hockey) playground area 16 Goat Island Preserve

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